SUPREME COURT CASES

Last Revised June 22, 2007

This index is a list of Supreme Court Cases that have been recorded in the Biennial Reports. The numbers at the end of each court case (example: 1934,70) represent the year the Biennial Report ended (1934) and the page number the case can be found on (page 70) in that report.

Adverse Interferance of Rights Animals Application to Appropriate Authority Bills Boundary Dispute Canals Change Applications Commissioner Contracts Dams Decrees Ditches Diverting Water Drainage Drainage or Irrigation Districts Exchange Agreement Exchange Application Extension Application Flood by Negligence Irrigation Maintenance Minerals Mining Nonuse Petition Point of Diversion Prioirity Private or Statutaory Proceeding Proof Public or Ancient Water Quiet Title Rejection of Application Seepage Statutes Stock/ Shareholders Taxes Too Late to Protest Upper or Lower Users Well Usage
Bigler v. Fryer (1934,70) Lund v. Salt Lake County (1922,78) Sowards and Gibson v. Meagher, Jarvis, Dry Gulch Irrigation Co. (1910,192) Argyle v. Mitchell (1922,79) Bacon v. Plain City Irrigation Co. (1936,34) Stauffer v. Utah Oil Refining Co. (1936,30) Nephi Irrigation Co. v. Bailey (1948,16) Rocky Ford Canal Co. v. Cox (1938,20) Caldwell v. Erickson (1924,39) Johnson v. Brinkerhoff (1936,40) Lasson v. Seely (1952,29) Olivero v. Eleganti (1924,42) Christensen v. Nielsen (1936,38) Tanner v. Provo Reservoir Co. (1946,31 1940,16) Hubble v. Cache County Drainage District (1954,64) Cottrell v. Millard County Drainage District (1922,78) Black v. Johanson (1934,69) East Mill Creek Water Co. v. Salt Lake City (1946,32) Pool v. Utah County Light and Power Co. (1910,185) Robins v. Roberts (1934,66) Sowards and Gibson v. Meagher, Jarvis, Dry Gulch Irrigation Co. (1910,192) Lund v. Salt Lake County (1922,78) Utah Copper Co. v. Stephen Hayes Estate (1934,71) Utah Metal and Tunnel Co. v. Greosbeck (1924,46) Cook v. Tracy (1958,49) State v. Weber County Irrigation District (1924,43) Spring Creek Irrigation Co. v. Zollinger (1922,76) Riverton Pipe Line Co. v. Bear Canyon Pipe Line Co. (1922,74) Spanish Fork West Field Irrigation Co. v. District Court of Salt Lake City (1942,16) Warren Irrigation Co. v. Charlton (1922,75) Caldwell v. Erickson (1924,39) Patterson v. Ryan (1910,201) Tanner v. Humphreys, SE, Utah Power and Light Co. (1936,32) Salt Lake City v. Telluride Power Co. (1934,71) Genola Town v. Santaquin City (1940,13) Nash v. Alpine Irrigation Co. (1922,74) Nelson v. Board of Com’rs of Davis County (1924,45) Patterson v. Ryan (1910,201) Dameron Valley Reservoir and Canal Co. v. Bleak (1924,38) Peterson v. Lund (1922,73)
Hammond v. Johnson (1938,25) Robinson v. Schoenfeld (1924,45) Brady v. McGonagle (1922,84) Yates v. Newton (1922,80) Home owners Loan Co. v. Logan City (1940,15) Christensen v. Nielsen (1936,38) Hodges Irrigation Co. v. Swan Creek Canal Co. (1948,17) Rocky Ford Irrigation Co. v. Kents Lake Reservoir Co. (1944,299) Tracy v. Peterson (1954,65) Minersville Reservoir and Irrigation Co. v. Rocky Ford Irrigation Co. (1938,23) Bullock v. Hanks (1970,66) Hyrum v. Peterson (1934,64) Shurtleff v. Salt Lake City (1940,13) Yardley v. Long Canal (1948,20) N. M. Long and Co. v. Cannon Papanikolas (1960,48) Livingston v. Millard County (1922,78) Thompson v. McKinney (1938,32) Salt Lake City v. Boundary Springs Water Users Assn. . (1954,68) Frost v. District Court (1940,14) Petrofesa v. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (1946,35) Peterson v. Sevier Canal Co. (1946,29 1942,17) Salt Lake City v. Telluride Power Co. (1934,71) Stephen Hays Estate v. Togliatti (1936,25) Silver King Consol. Mining Co. v. Sutton (1936,23) Shields v. Dry Creek Irrigation Co. (1962,60) Dalton v. Redd (1936,28) Tanner v. Humphreys, SE, Utah Power and Light Co. (1936,32) Dameron Valley Reservoir and Canal Co. v. Bleak (1924,38) American Fork City v. Third District Court (1944,302) Huber v. Deep Creek Irrigation Co. (1958,47) Nye v. Bacon (1934,70) Robison v. Green (1924,41) Eardley v. Terry (1938,30) Richlands Irrigation Co. v. Vermillion Canal Co. (1938,33) Syrett v. Tropic and East Fork Irrigation Co. (1940,14) Talbot v. Anderson (1934,67) Black v. Johanson (1934,69) Argyle v. Mitchell (1922,79) Ophir Creek Water Co. v. Ophir Hill consol. Mining Co. (1924,42) Horn v. Utah oil Refining Co. (1922,80)
Wellsville East Field Irrigation Co. v. Lindsay Land and Livestock Co. (1944,301) Adams v. Portage Irrigation, Reservoir and Power Co. (1938,27) Whitmore v. Salt Lake city (1936,40) Eden Irrigation Co. v. District Court of Weber (1924,36) Peterson v. Sevier Canal Co. (1946,29 1942,17) Hyde Park Town v. George Chambers (1940,17) Smithfield West Bench Irrigation Co. v. Union Central Life Insurance Co. (1948,22 1944,303) United States v. Fourth District Court for Utah County (1952,30) . Genola town v. Santaquin City (1940,13) . Leishman v. Pulsipher (1934,64) Peterson v. Seiver Valley Canal Co. (1942,17) Lasson v. Seely (1952,29) Crawford v. Lehi Irrigation Co. (1960,51) Croft v. Millard County Drainage (1922,81) Shurtleff v. Salt Lake City (1940,13) Green Ditch Water Co. v. Salt Lake City (1964,69) Spanish Fork West Field Irrigation Co. v. United States (1942,16) Brian v. Freemont Irrigation Co. (1948,18) Brian v. Freemont Irrigation Co. (1948,18) Peterson v. Sevier Canal Co. (1946,29) Deseret Land and Livestock Co. v. Watson (1946,40) . In Re Escalante Valley Drainage Area v. Criddle (1962,61) Salter v. Nelson (1936,28) United States v. Fourth District Court for Utah County (1952,30) Bigler v. Fryer (1934,70) Salt Lake City v. Anderson (1944,302) Mosby Irrigation Co. v. Criddle (1962,57) Riorden v. Westwood (1950,40) Richfield Cottonwood Irrigation Co. v. Richfield City (1936,23) Tanner v. Bacon (1944,297) Lehi Irrigation Co. v. Jones (1950,39) American Fork City v. Third District Court (1944,302) Black v. Johanson (1934,69) Dalton v. Redd (1936,28) Whitmore v. Murray City (1946,30) Gill v. Tracy (1934,65) Justesen v. Olsen (1936,29)
Sigurd City v. State of Utah (1944,303) Nielson v. Sandberg (1944,303) Whitmore v. Welch (1950,37) Caldwell v. Erickson (1924,39) Salt Lake City v. McFarland (1954,65) San Juan County v. Grand County (1962,64) Tacea Tsouras v. Brighton and North Point Irrigation Co. (1952,28) American Fork Irrigation Co. v. Linke (1952,34) . Patterick v. Carbon Water Conservancy District (1944,304) . Utah Power and Light Co. v. Richmond Irrigation Co. (1934,64) Big Cottenwood Tanner Ditch Co. v. Moyle (1946,36) East Bench Irrigation Co. v. Deseret Irrigation Co. (1954,68) Stubbs v. Ercanbrack (1962,63) Surrage v. McKay (1922,82) East Mill Creek Water Co. v. Salt Lake City (1946,32) . Tanner v. Provo Reservoir Co. (1946,31 1940,16) West Union Canal Co. v. Provo Bench Canal and Irrigation Co. (1950,45) Salt Lake city v. McFarland (1954,65) Nephi Irrigation Co. v. Bailey (1948,16) Morton Int v. South Pacific Trans. (1974,27) . Glenwood Irrigation Co. v. Myers (1970,64) Lehi city v. Meiling (1936,31) East Bench Irrigation Co. v. Deseret Irrigation Co. (1954,68) Wrathall v. Johnson (1936,26) . Price River Water Improvement District v. Sanpete Water Users Assn. (1968,66) McNaughton v. Eaton (1952,33) Silver King Consolidated Mining Co. v. Sutton (1936,23) Riorden v. Westwood (1950,40) Carbon Canal v. Cottonwood-Gooseberry Irrigation Co. (1968,67) Salt Lake City v. Anderson (1944,302) Dalton v. Redd (1936,28) Salter v. Nelson (1936,28) Watson v. District Court (1946,34) Jeremy v. Rasmussen (1936,37) Hanson v. Salt Lake City (1950,43)
White v. Salt Lake City (1954,61) Deseret Livestock Co. v. Sharp (1954,64) Bullock v. Tracy (1956,55) Glover v. Utah Oil Refining Co. (1924,43) . Ritter v. Cayias (1968,68) Weber Basin Water Conservancy District v. Gailey (1958,51) Salt Lake City v. Boundary Springs Water Users Assn. . (1954,68) . East Mill Creek Water Co. v. Salt Lake City (1946,32) . Bigler v. Fryer (1934,70) Adamson v. Brockbank (1948,9) Crawford v. Lehi Irrigation Co. (1960,51) Reeder v. Brigham City (1966,54) Bonneville Irrigation District v. Ririe (1922,83) Green Ditch Water Co. v. Salt Lake City (1964,69) . McKean v. Lasson (1956,56) Tacea Tsouras v. Brighton and North Point Irrigation Co. (1952,28) East Bench Irrigation Co. v. Deseret Irrigation Co. (1954,68) Hodges Irrigation Co. v. Swan Creek Canal Co. (1948,17) . . . Provo city v. Evans (1936,32) Provo Bench Canal Co. v. Linke (1956,55) Duchesne county v. Humpherys (1944,304) . Baugh v. Criddle (1968,69) North v. Marsh (1974,28) Stephen Hays Estate v. Togliatti (1936,25) East Bench Irrigation Co. v. Deseret Irrigation Co. (1954,68) . Deseret Land and Livestock Co. v. Watson (1946,40) Salter v. Nelson (1936,28) Green Ditch Co. v. Monson (1942,16) Trenton Town v. Clarkston Irrigation Co. (1962,55) Lowe v. Hafen/State Road commission (1938,29) Fairfield Irrigation Co. v. Carson (1954,62)
Mitchell v. Spanish Fort West Field Irrigation Co. (1954,66) . Dalton v. Wadely (1962,56) Rocky Ford Canal Co. v. Cox (1938,20) . . Big Cottonwood Tanner Ditch Co. v. Hyland Realty Co. (1960, 47) Provo Bench Canal Co. v. Linke (1956,55) . Hodges Irrigation Co. v. Swan Creek Canal Co. (1948,17) . Salt Lake City v. Telluride Power Co. (1934,71) Jackson v. Spanish Fork West Field Irrigation Co. (1952,28) Gunnison-Fayette Canal Co. v. Gunnison Irrigation Co. (1970,64) In Re Green River Adjudication v. United States (1966,56) State v. Weber County Irrigation District (1924,43) Spears v. Warr (2003,18) . Current Creek Irrigation Co. v. Andrews (1960,48) Salt Lake City v. Utah Lake Farmers Assn. (1956,53) Goodwin v. Tracy (1958,46) Yardley v. Long Canal (1948,20) . . . Garrison v. Davis (1936,38) Crawford v. Lehi Irrigation Co. (1960,51) Tanner v. Provo Reservoir Co. (1946,31 1940,16) . . . Johnson v. Brinkerhoff (1936,40) American Fork Irrigation Co. v. Linke (1956,55) . Hatch v. Adams (1958,50) Woolley v. Dowse (1936,31) Rose v. Plymouth Town (1948,19) Price River Water Improvement District v. Sanpete Water Users Assn. (1968,66) St George/Washington Canal Co. v. Hurricane Canal Co. (1938,29) Little Cottenwood Water Co. v. Sandy City (1954,64)
Hall v. Goodman (1956,54) . . In Re White Fawn Milling Co. (1942,16) . . Gunnison-Fayette Canal Co. v. Roberts (1962,62) Piute Res. And Irrigation Co. v. West Panguitch Irrigation and Res. Co. (1962,62) . Barlow v. Clearfield City Corporation (1954,67) . Garrison v. Davis (1936,28) Hall v. Goodman (1956,54) . . . . . Mosby Irrigation Co. v. Criddle (1962,57) Cowley v. Watterson (1958,46) In Re Escalante Valley Drainage Area v. Criddle (1962,58) Hubble v. Cache County Drainage district (1954,64) . . . Deseret Irrigation Co. v. Cox (1938,22) Prisbrey v. Bloomington Water Co. (2003,21) McKean v. Lasson (1956,56) . . . Hammond v. Johnson (1938,25) Provo Bench Canal Co. v. Linke (1956,55) . Gunnison-Fayette Canal Co. v. Roberts (1962,62) Syrett v. Tropic and East fork Irrigation Co. (1940,14) Bountiful Water Sub-Conservancy District v. Board of Commissioners Of Davis County (1956,56) Baugh v. Criddle (1968,69) Watson v. Deseret Irrigation Co. (1946,35) Current Creek Irrigation Co. v. Andrews (1960,48)
Kano v. Arcon Corporation (1958,51) . . County Water System v. Salt Lake City (1956,53) . . Green River Canal Co. v. Thayn (2003,20) Wayman v. Murray city (1970,65) . South Cache Water Users Assn. . v. Stockholders of South Cache Water Users Assn. . (1956,52) . Larson v. Madsen (1936,34) Cowley v. Watterson (1958,46) . . . . . Piute Res. And Irrigation Co. v. West Panguitch Irrigation and Res. Co. (1962,62) Mckell v. Spanish Fork City (1958,48) Green River Canal Co. v. Thayn (2003,20) . . . . Richfield Irrigation Canal Co. v. Cox (1938,23) Washington County Water Conservancy District v. Morgan (2003,22) Current Creek Irrigation Co. v. Andrews (1960,48) . . . Thompson v. McKinney (1938,32) Orem City Corporation v. Tracy (1958,51) . Utah Department of Transportation v. Kay (2003,19) Green Ditch Co. v. Monson (1942,16) Denver v. Central Weber Sevier Investment District (1956,57) Prisbrey v. Bloomington Water Co. (2003,21) Lasson v. Seely (1952,29) Wayman v. Murray city (1970,65)
Weber Basin Water Conservancy District v. Gailey (1958,51) . . East Bench Irrigation Co. v. State (1958,45) . . . Washington County Water Conservancy District v. Morgan (2003,22) . Tooele City v. Settlement Canyon Irrigation Co. (1956,54) . Madsen v. Anderson (1936,34) Harvey v. Haights Bench Irrigation Co. (1958,49) . . . . . Reeder v. Brigham City (1966,54) Water Rights of Escalante Valley Drainage Area (1960,50) . . . . . Richards Irrigation Co. v. Vermillion Canal Co. (1938,33) . Spanish Fork West Field Irrigation Co. v. United States (1960,49) . . . Smith v. Sanders (1948,21) Shields v. Dry Creek Irrigation Co. (1962,60) . . East River Bottom Water Co. v. Boyoe (1944,297) Freeman v. Stewart (1956,57) . Salt Lake City v. Walker (1954,63) Mosley v. Johnson (1970,67)
Big Cottonwood Tanner Ditch Co. v. Hyland Realty Co. (1960,47) . . Goodwin v. Tracy (1958,46) . . . . . Green River Canal Co. v. Thayn (2003,20) . Frost v. District Court (1940,14) Watkins v. Simons (1962,57) . . . . . Orderville Irrigation Co. v. Glendale Irrigation Co. (1966,55) Reeder v. Brigham City (1966,54) . . . . . Spanish Fork West Field Irrigation v. District Court of Salt Lake City (1940,18) . Mosby Irrigation Co. v. Criddle (1962,57) . . . Smithfield West Bench Irrigation Co. v. Union Central Life Insurance Co. (1948,22 1944,303) . . . Frandsen v. Piute Reservoir Co. (1946,28) . . McKean v. Lasson (1956,56) Fairfield Irrigate v. White (1974,28)
N. M. Long and Co. v. Cannon Papanikolas (1960,48) . . State Water Pollution Control Board v. Salt Lake City (1958,49) . . . . . . . Wellsville East Field Irrigation Co. v. Lindsay Land and Livestock Co. (1944,301) Bishop v. Duck Creek Irrigation Co. (1964,62) . . . . . Carbon Canal Co. v. Sanpete Water Users Assn. (1968,66 1962,55) Erickson v. Bennion (1974,26) . . . . . Watson v. District Court (1946,34) . Piute Res. and Irrigation Co. v. West Panguitch Irrigation and Res. Co. (1962,63) . . . Jackson v. Spanish Fork West Field Irrigation Co. (1952,28) . . . Commercial Bank of Spanish fork v. Spanish Fork South Irrigation Co. (1946,29) . . Kano v. Arcon Corporation (1958,51) .
Crawford v. Lehi Irrigation Co. (1960,51) . . Reimann v. Richard (1962,61) . . . . . . . Utah Power and Light Co. v. Richmond Irrigation Co. (1950,42) Harmon v. Rasmussen (1964,69) . . . . . Price River Water Improvement District v. Sanpete Water Users Assn. (1968,66) . . . . . . Prisbrey v. Bloomington Water Co. (2003,21) . Orderville Irrigation Co. v. Glendale Irrigation Co. (1966,55) . . . Brimm v. Cache Valley Banking Co. (1954,67) . . . Big cottonwood Tanner Ditch Co. v. Kay (1946,32) . . Plain City Irrigation Co. v. Hooper Irrigation Co. (1962,59 1936,37) .
Dalton v. Wadely (1962,56) . . Provo city v. Lambert (1974,27) . . . . . . . Santa Clara Sheep Ditch Co. v. Bowler (1954,66) . . . . . . Baugh v. Criddle (1968,69) . . . . . . . . Price River Water Improvement District v. Sanpete Water Users Assn. (1968,66) . . . Huber v. Deep Creek Irrigation Co. (1958,47) . . . Milford State Bank v. Westfield Canal and Irrigation Co. (1946,34) . . In Re Drainage Area of Bear River in Rich County v. Lamborn (1962,59) .
Watkins v. Simons (1962,57) . . . . . . . . . . East Bench Irrigation Co. v. Deseret Irrigation Co. (1954,68) . . . . . . Glenwood Irrigation Co. v. Myers (1970,64) . . . . . . . . . . . . United States Fuel Co. v. Huntington-Cleveland Irrigation Co. (2003,20) . . . Brian v. Freemont Irrigation Co. (1948,18) . . Bullock v. Hanks (1970,66) .
In Re Drainage Area of Green River (1962,60) . . . . . . . . . . McNaughton v. Eaton (1956,54) . . . . . . Whitmore v. Murray City (1946,30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brimm v. Cache Valley Banking Co. (1954,67) . . . .
Stubbs v. Ercanbrack (1962,63) . . . . . . . . . . Provo Bench Canal Co. v. Linke (1956,55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hatch v. Adams (1958,50) . . . .
Jennings v. Graham (1964,70) . . . . . . . . . . Yardley v. Swapp (1962,56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St George City v. Kirkland (1966,54) . . . .
Fairfield Irrigation Co. v. White (1968,66) . . . . . . . . . . Salina Creek Irrigation Co. v. State (1964,68) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spears v. Warr (2003,18) . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State of Utah, DNR v. Huntington-Cleveland Irrigation Co. (2003,18) . . . .