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, Respondent,
v.
James J. Acquavella et al., Appellants.
Supreme Court of Washington.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 22, 2021.
Filed: November 18, 2021.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Philip Thomas McDonald , Cascadia Law Group PLLC, 606 Columbia St., Nw Ste. 212, Olympia, WA, 98501-1093, Helen Joanne Brunner, US Attorney's Office, 700 Stewart St., Ste. 5220, Seattle, WA, 98101-4438, Rachel Heron , US Dept. of Justice Env. & Natural Res. Div., Po Box 7415, Washington, DC, 20044, Jeffrey S. Schuster , Attorney at Law, Po Box 31197, Seattle, WA, 98103-1197, Bryan P. Myre , Witherspoon Kelley, 222 N. 3rd St., Yakima, WA, 98901-2339, Jerry D. Talbott , Attorney at Law, 308 N. 2nd St., Yakima, WA, 98901-2335, Joseph Perrine Mentor Jr. , Mentor Law Group PLLC, Po Box 1102, Eastsound, WA, 98245-1102, Peter McGillis Ritchie , Meyer, Fluegge & Tenney, P.S., Kindra Crawford , Attorney at Law, 230 S. 2nd St., Ste. 101, Yakima, WA, 98901-2865, for Appellant(s).
John Jay Carroll , Halverson Northwest Law Group PC, Po Box 22550, Yakima, WA, 98907-2550, Thomas Randolph Dreiling , Attorney at Law, 4475 Pleasant Beach Dr., Ne, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110-3220, Bryan P. Myre , Witherspoon Kelley, 222 N. 3rd St., Yakima, WA, 98901-2339, Stephen H. North , Washington Attorney General's Office, 2425 Bristol Ct., Sw, Po Box 40117, Matthew Janz , Washington Attorney General's Office, Po Box 40117, Olympia, WA, 98504-0117, Paul Campbell Dempsey , Halverson Northwest Law Group, 405 E. Lincoln Ave., Yakima, WA, 98901-2469, Lawrence Edwin Martin , Halverson Northwest Law Group PC, Po Box 22550, Yakima, WA, 98907-2550, Joseph Anthony Brogan , Foster Garvey PC, 1111 3rd Ave., Ste. 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3296, Joseph Perrine Mentor Jr. , Mentor Law Group PLLC, Po Box 1102, Eastsound, WA, 98245-1102, Adam Waldon Gravley , Van Ness Feldman LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 1800, Seattle, WA, 98101-2996, Matthew Dyckman Wells , Tupper Mack Wells PLLC, 2025 1st Ave., Ste. 1100, Seattle, WA, 98121-2100, Philip Thomas McDonald , Cascadia Law Group PLLC, 606 Columbia St., Nw, Ste. 212, Olympia, WA, 98501-1093, Adrienne Elizabeth Smith , Attorney at Law, 1125 Washington St., Se, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Patrick Michael Andreotti , Attorney at Law, 4305 Avalanche Ave., Yakima, WA, 98908-2920, for Respondent(s).
Lawrence Edwin Martin , Halverson Northwest Law Group PC, Po Box 22550, Yakima, WA, 98907-2550, Paul Campbell Dempsey , Halverson Northwest Law Group, 405 E. Lincoln Ave., Yakima, WA, 98901-2469, Thomas A. Cowan Jr. , Gravis Law PLLC, 503 Knight St., Ste. A., Richland, WA, 99352-4257, Jeffrey David Slothower , Attorney at Law, 201 W. 7th Ave., Ellensburg, WA, 98926-2816, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.
Joseph Perrine Mentor Jr. , Mentor Law Group PLLC, Po Box 1102, Eastsound, WA, 98245-1102, for Other Parties.
WHITENER, J.
¶ 1 This case presents the culmination of the fight for surface water rights that arguably began in 1855 with the Yakama Nation treaty that reserved water rights for the Yakama Nation. Since then, there have been multiple cases that purport to (at least partially) adjudicate and reserve water rights of various parties throughout...
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