In re Water of Hallett Creek Stream Sys.

ELR Citation: ELR 20690
No(s). S.F. 25133 (Cal. Feb 18, 1988)

The California Supreme Court rules that the federal government has riparian water rights in national forests within the state, and that these rights are no more subordinate to appropriative water rights than the riparian rights of other landowners. The United States had asserted rights to water cros...