Court Opinion

ID: 8407375
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-02 00:18:38.358378+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:47:26.854042
License: Public Domain

ORDER
This court’s opinion, filed December 14, 2004, slip op. 16855, is hereby amended as follows:
At slip. op. 16864, in the second paragraph of subsection C, change ‘We have consistently held that state law governs applications to change the use of water rights under the Orr Ditch Decree.” to “We have consistently applied state law to applications to change the use of water rights under the Orr Ditch Decree.” In the third sentence of the same paragraph, change “In reaching this conclusion, we have been guided by the policies underlying the 1902 Reclamation Act, which the Supreme Court has construed to require that ‘state water law .. •: control in the appropriation and later distribution of the water.’ ” to “In doing so, we have been guided by the policies underlying the 1902 Reclamation Act, which the Supreme Court has construed to require that ‘state water law ... control in the appropriation and later distribution of the water.’ ”
*1118With the opinion as amended, the panel has voted to deny the petition for rehearing.
The petition for rehearing, filed January 28, 2005, is DENIED. No subsequent petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc may be filed.