Barstow, City of v. Mojave Water Agency

ELR Citation: ELR 20023
No(s). S071728 (Cal. Aug 21, 2000)

The court holds that a trial court erred in resolving water right priorities in an overdrafted basin with a "physical solution" that relies on the equitable apportionment doctrine but does not consider the affected owners' legal rights in the basin. Landowners who had overlying water rights in the M...