MINERAL COUNTY v. LYON COUNTY

No. 75917.

473 P.3d 418 (2020)

136 Nev. Adv. Opn. 58

MINERAL COUNTY; and Walker Lake Working Group, Appellants, v. LYON COUNTY; Centennial Livestock; Bridgeport Ranchers; Schroeder Group; Walker River Irrigation District; State of Nevada Department of Wildlife; and County of Mono, California, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED September 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simeon M. Herskovits , El Prado, New Mexico; Sean A. Rowe , District Attorney, Mineral County, for Appellants Mineral County and Walker Lake Working Group.

Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Heidi Parry Stern , Solicitor General, Bryan L. Stockton , Senior Deputy Attorney General, and Tori N. Sundheim , Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondent State of Nevada Department of Wildlife.

Best, Best & Krieger LLP and Roderick E. Walston , Walnut Creek, California; Law Office of Jerry M. Snyder and Jerry M. Snyder , Reno; Stephen B. Rye , District Attorney, Lyon County, for Respondent Lyon County.

Best, Best & Krieger LLP and Roderick E. Walston , Walnut Creek, California; Law Office of Jerry M. Snyder and Jerry M. Snyder , Reno, for Respondent Centennial Livestock.

Woodburn & Wedge and Gordon H. DePaoli , Dale E. Ferguson , and Domenico R. DePaoli , Reno, for Respondent Walker River Irrigation District.

Schroeder Law Offices, P.C., and Laura A. Schroeder and Therese A. Ure , Reno, for Respondent Schroeder Group.

Law Office of Jerry M. Snyder and Jerry M. Snyder , Reno; Stacey Simon , County Counsel, and Jason Thomas Canger , Deputy County Counsel, Mono County, California, for Respondent County of Mono, California.

Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Heidi Parry Stern , Solicitor General, and James N. Bolotin , Senior Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Amicus Curiae Nevada State Engineer.

Benson Law Nevada and Kevin Benson , Carson City; Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, and Nhu Q. Nguyen , Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for Amicus Curiae State of California.

Jason D. Woodbury , District Attorney, Carson City; Taggart & Taggart, Ltd., and Paul G. Taggart and Timothy D. O'Connor , Carson City, for Amicus Curiae Carson City.

Hanson Bridgett LLP and Michael J. Van Zandt , San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae Churchill County, City of Fallon, and Truckee-Carson Irrigation District.

Mark B. Jackson , District Attorney, and Douglas V. Ritchie , Chief Deputy District Attorney, Douglas County, for Amicus Curiae Douglas County.

Tyler J. Ingram , District Attorney, and Rand J. Greenburg , Deputy District Attorney, Elko County, for Amici Curiae Elko County and Humboldt River Basin Water Authority.

Michael Macdonald , District Attorney, Humboldt County, for Amicus Curiae Humboldt County.

Theodore C. Herrera , District Attorney, Lander County, for Amicus Curiae Lander County.

R. Bryce Shields , District Attorney, Pershing County, for Amicus Curiae Pershing County.

Anne M. Langer , District Attorney, Storey County, for Amicus Curiae Storey County.

Taggart & Taggart, Ltd., and Paul G. Taggart and Timothy D. O'Connor , Carson City, for Amicus Curiae City of Fernley.

Law Offices of Wes Williams, Jr., P.C., and Wes Williams, Jr. , Schurz, for Amicus Curiae Walker River Paiute Tribe.

King & Russo, Ltd., and Patrick O. King , Carson City, for Amicus Curiae Carson Water Subconservancy District.

Schroeder Law Offices, P.C., and Therese A. Ure and Laura A. Schroeder , Reno, for Amicus Curiae Pershing County Water Conservation District.

Gregory J. Walch , Steven C. Anderson , and Brittany L. Cermak , Las Vegas, for Amicus Curiae Southern Nevada Water Authority.

McDonald Carano LLP and Michael A.T. Pagni , Reno, for Amici Curiae Truckee Meadows Water Authority, Washoe County Water Conservation District, and Carson-Truckee Water Conservation District.

Brett C. Birdsong , Las Vegas, for Amicus Curiae Law Professors.

Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg and Robert L. Eisenberg , Reno; John D. Echeverria , South Royalton, Vermont; Robert Johnston , Carson City, for Amici Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Western Resource Advocates, National Wildlife Federation, and Nevada Wildlife Federation.

Taggart & Taggart, Ltd., and Paul G. Taggart and David H. Rigdon , Carson City, for Amici Curiae Nevada Farm Bureau Federation, Nevada Cattlemen's Association, Lyon County Farm Bureau, and Elko County Farm Bureau.

Parsons Behle & Latimer and Gregory H. Morrison , Reno, for Amicus Curiae Nevada Mining Association.

Blanchard, Krasner & French and Steven M. Silva , Reno, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

Simons Hall Johnston PC and Brad M. Johnston , Yerington, for Amici Curiae Peri & Sons Farms, Inc., Desert Pearl Farms, LLC, Peri Family Ranch, LLC, Jason Corporation, and Frade Ranches, Inc.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

In Lawrence v. Clark County, we adopted the public trust doctrine, which generally establishes that a state holds its navigable waterways in trust for the public. 127 Nev. 390, 406, 254 P.3d 606, 617 (2011). We are asked...

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