MATTER OF UTAH LAKE AND JORDAN RIVER

No. 20160547-CA.

427 P.3d 558 (2018)

2018 UT App 109

In the MATTER OF the General Determination of the Rights to the Use of All the Water, Both Surface and Underground, Within the Drainage Area of UTAH LAKE AND JORDAN RIVER in Utah, Salt Lake, Davis, Summit, Wasatch, Sanpete and Juab Counties, in Utah. Utah State Engineer, Provo River Water Users Association, Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy, Utah Lake Distributing Company, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, and United States of America, Appellees, v. Evan Johnson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed June 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cole S. Cannon , Salt Lake City, and Jared C. Clark , Attorneys for Appellant.

Sean D. Reyes , Sarah M. Shechter , Benjamin J. Jensen , Margaret C. Osswald , and Norman K. Johnson , Salt Lake City, Attorneys for Appellee Utah State Engineer.

Shawn E. Draney , Scott H. Martin , Salt Lake City, and Danica N. Cepernich , Attorneys for Appellees Provo River Water Users Association, Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy, and Utah Lake Distributing Company.

Steven E. Clyde , Edwin C. Barnes , Aaron D. Lebenta , and Emily E. Lewis , Salt Lake City, Attorneys for Appellee Central Utah Water Conservancy District.

John C. Cruden , Nicholas A. Dimascio , Jeannette F. Swent , and Katherine W. Hazard , Attorneys for Appellee United States of America.

Judge Jill M. Pohlman authored this Opinion, in which Judges Gregory K. Orme and David N. Mortensen concurred.


Opinion

¶ 1 Evan Johnson appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to the Utah State Engineer (Engineer), whereby the court dismissed Johnson's objection to Engineer's Amendment to the Proposed Determination (the Amendment) for the Goshen Valley Subdivision and affirmed the Amendment. We affirm.

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