Fort Vannoy Irrigation District v. Water Resources Commission

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a member of an irrigation district had an equitable interest in a certificated water right issued to the district
• commenting that both ORS 540.520(8) and ORS 540.523(3) treat “beneficial use” and “water use [established by a water right certificate]” as distinct
• observing that, under the Water Rights Act, beneficial use remains “the foundation of an appropriative right”
• discussing elements of “benefi- cial use” in the context of an irrigation right
• discussing elements of “benefi- cial use” in the context of an irrigation right
• discussing history of the appropriation doctrine and the Water Rights Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).