Court Opinion

ID: 9527984
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:36:01.587067+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:26:22.117202
License: Public Domain

HARGRAVE, Justice,
dissenting:
I must dissent from the majority opinion. I concur in Justice Lavender’s analysis explaining that the 1963 legislative amendments to our state’s stream water laws do not constitute a taking of property without just compensation in violation of Oklahoma Constitution, Article 2 § 24. There is no *597constitutional prohibition of the legislature’s power to define or redefine riparian rights. In addition to these objections the opinion presents additional difficulties. It does not reach far enough to decide the issues presented by the parties. The issues are simply postponed for later resolution under rules here laid out that present a myriad of practical problems themselves.