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Updated 09/08
Selected Court Decisions Regarding Water Rights
Note: This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of important or recent decisions on water rights. For additional citations to water resource related areas, see DOE Water Resource Related Case Law.
- Department of Ecology v. Abbott, 103 Wn. 2d 686 (1985)
- Dept. of Ecology v. Acquavella, 100 Wn.2d 651, (1983); Dept. of Ecology v. Yakima Reservation Irrigation District, 121 Wn.2d 257 (1993); and Dept. of Ecology v. Acquavella, 131 Wn.2d 746 (1997)
- Department of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn, 146 Wn.2d 1 (2002)
- Department of Ecology v. Theodoratus, 135 Wn.2d 582 (1998)
- Neubert v. Yakima-Tieton, 117 Wn.2d 232 (1991)
- Hillis v. Department of Ecology, 131 Wn.2d 373 (1997)
- Hubbard v. Dept. of Ecology, 86 Wn. App. 119 (1997)
- Okanogan Wilderness League, Inc. v. Town of Twisp and Department of Ecology, 133 Wn.2d 769 (1997)
- Postema v. Pollution Control Hearings Board, 142 Wn.2d 68 (2000)
- Rettkowski v. Department of Ecology, 122 Wn.2d 219 (1993)
- R.D. Merrill Company v. Pollution Control Hearings Board, 137 Wn.2d 118 (1999)
- Also see “Legal Challenges to the Municipal Water Law,” - regarding June 2008 King County Superior Court decision that found key provisions of the municipal water law unconstitutional. Also see “Superior Court Finds Key Provisions of Municipal Water Law Unconstitutional,” Foster Pepper Legal Alert, June 12, 2008.