04.02.2024

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Articles

Andrea Driggs, Janet Howe, and Ben Longbottom authored an article for Law360* titled "What Nevada 'Superbasin' Ruling Means For Water Users" examining the recent case filing, Sullivan v. Lincoln County Water District and the implications for water users throughout Nevada and the West.

Legal decisions about water rights don't often make headlines, yet the Nevada Supreme Court recently put Nevada water law on the national radar.

In Sullivan v. Lincoln County Water District, decided on Jan. 25, the court addressed whether the Nevada state engineer can conjunctively manage multiple predesignated hydrographic basins as one "superbasin" to protect senior surface water rights from groundwater pumping.

Read the full article on Law360*.

 

 

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