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IN RE YAKIMA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN

No. 86211-7.

296 P.3d 835 (2013)

In the Matter of the Determination of the Rights to the Use of the Surface Waters of the YAKIMA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN, in Accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 90.03, Revised Code of Washington. State of Washington, Department Of Ecology, Respondents/Cross-Appellant, v. James J. Acquavella; United States; Yakama Nation; Ahtanum Irrigation District; John Cox Ditch Company; La Salle High School; Donald and Sylvia Brule; Jerome Durnil; and Albert Lantrip; Department of Natural Resources, Appellants/Cross-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 7, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Barry , Thomas Walter Swegle , Katherine J. Barton , U.S. DOJ/ENRD, Washington, DC, Jeffrey S. Shuster , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, James Edward Davis , Attorney at Law, Charles Camillus Flower , Charles C. Flower , Patrick Michael Andreotti , Attorney at Law, John Jay Carroll , Velikanje Halverson PC, Yakima, WA, for Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

Barbara A. Munson , Alan Myles Reichman , Office of Attorney General, Adrienne Elizabeth Smith , Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

STEPHENS, J.

¶ 1 This case concerns the adjudication of water rights in the Yakima River Basin. The parties, as appellants and cross-appellants, bring various challenges to the conditional final order of the trial court determining the parties' water rights. The Court of Appeals transferred the case to this court for direct review.

¶ 2 We affirm the trial court's determination that the decision in United States v. Ahtanum Irrigation District,...

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