Broder v. Water Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reasoning that section 9 of the Act of 1866 “was rather a voluntary recognition of a pre-existing right of possession, constituting a valid claim to its continued use, than the establishment of a new one”
• water rights on public lands are rights “which the government had ... recognized and encouraged and was bound to protect”
• Court noted conduct of government encouraging development of mines and construction of canals and ditches on public domain

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

60 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co.
  Supreme Court· 1899-05-22· cited 283×
• Lux v. Haggin
  California Supreme Court· 1886-04-26· cited 265×
• California v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 237×
• United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Co.
  Supreme Court· 1950-10-09· cited 211×
• Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-31· cited 166×
• Cramer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1923-02-19· cited 144×
• California Oregon Power Co. v. Beaver Portland Cement Co.
  Supreme Court· 1935-04-29· cited 135×
• Wyoming v. Colorado
  Supreme Court· 1922-06-05· cited 115×
• Joyce Livestock Co. v. United States
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2007-02-09· cited 99×
• Farm Investment Co. v. Carpenter
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1900-05-26· cited 87×
• In re Willow Creek
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1914-10-20· cited 65×
• United States v. Walker River Irr. Dist.
  Ninth Circuit· 1939-06-05· cited 55×
• State Ex Rel. State Game Commission v. Red River Valley Co.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1945-09-24· cited 55×
• United States v. City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water Commissioners
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-11-29· cited 49×
• Jones v. Adams
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1885-04-15· cited 48×
• Northern Pacific Railroad v. Sanders
  Supreme Court· 1897-04-19· cited 46×
• Central Pacific Railway Co. v. Alameda County
  Supreme Court· 1932-02-15· cited 45×
• Rank v. Krug
  S.D. California· 1950-04-13· cited 43×
• Willey v. Decker
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1903-08-03· cited 43×
• Hage v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1996-03-08· cited 43×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1876-04-10· cited 258×
• Forbes v. Gracey
  Supreme Court· 1877-05-18· cited 135×
• Wolcott v. Des Moines Co.
  Supreme Court· 1867-05-13· cited 59×