Timeline, Nevada Water Law

Collection Timeline

1866 to 2024

1866	Right of Way for Ditches and Flumes,1866 Nev. Stat. 202 Lobdell v. Simpson, 2 Nev. 274
1872	Van Sickle v. Haynes, 7 Nev. 249
1875	Barnes v. Sabron, 10 Nev. 230
1885	Jones v. Adams, 19 Nev. 78
1889	Irrigation Act, 1889 Nev. Stat. 51 Undisturbed Right of Flowing Water, 1889 Nev. Stat. 96 Board of Reclamation Commissioners Created, 1889 Nev. Stat. 102 Irrigation Districts, 1889 Nev. Stat. 107
1897	Conter v. Herschel, 24 Nev. 152
1899	Legislature Amended Irrigation Act, 1899 Nev. Stat. 51 Water Stored for Irrigation and its Uses, 1899 Nev. Stat. 64 Board of Water Commissioners Created, 1899 Nev. Stat. 115
1903	Cooperation of the State of Nevada with the Secretary of the Interior in the United States, 1903 Nev. Stat. 18 Method of Measuring Water, 1903 Nev. Stat. 71
1905	Duties of State Engineer, 1905 Nev. Stat. 67 Measuring Water on Irrigated Areas, 1905 Nev. Stat. 197 Wells in Southern Nevada, 1905 Nev. Stat. 257
1907	Appropriation of Waters for Public Use, 1907 Nev. Stat. 30 Repeal of Previous Acts, 1907 Nev. Stat. 38 Eminent Domain, 1907 Nev. Stat. 279
1913	County Commissioners Authorized to Sink Artesian Wells, 1913 Nev. Stat. 12 Consenting to use of Lake Tahoe by U.S. Reclamation Service, 1913 Nev. Stat. 35 Artesian Wells, 1913 Nev. Stat. 40 Permits for Water When Point of Diversion is Outside the State of Nevada, 1913 Nev. Stat. 256 Measurement of Water on Irrigated Lands, 1913 Nev. Stat. 257 Investigation of Water Resources in Cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey, 1913 Nev. Stat. 261 Petition for Drainage District, 1913 Nev. Stat. 461
1914	Ormsby County v. Kearney, 37 Nev. 314 Gander v. Simpson, 37 Nev. 1 Knox v. Kearney, 37 Nev. 393
1915	Coppermines Co. v. Comins, 38 Nev. 359 Ramelli v. Sorgi, 38 Nev. 552
1918	Vineyard Land & Stock Co. v. Fourth Judicial District Court, 42 Nev. 1
1921	Pacific Live Stock Co., v. Ellison Ranching Co., 45 Nev. 1
1924	Nenzel v. Rochester Silver Corp., 48 Nev. 41
1925	Robison v. Mathis, 49 Nev. 35
1926	Springmeyer Land Development & Live Stock Co. v. Irrigation District No. 1, 50 Nev. 80
1927	Nenzel v. Rochester Silver Corp., 50 Nev. 352
1930	Pacific Live Stock Co., v. Ellison Ranching Co., 52 Nev. 279 Markwell v. Downs, et al., 52 Nev. 372 Mexican Dam and Ditch Co., et al. v. District Court of First Judicial District, in and for Ormsby County, et al., 52 Nev. 426
1931	Pacific Live Stock Co. v. Malone, State Engineer, 53 Nev. 118
1936	Itcaina v. Marble, 56 Nev. 420
1937	Conserv. Dist. v. Press Brick Co., 58 Nev. 164
1940	Brooks v. Dewar, et al., 60 Nev. 219 In re Waters of Manse Spring, 60 Nev. 280
1949	Application of Filippini, 66 Nev. 17 Esmeralda Waters v. Mackley, 66 Nev. 261
1956	Chappellet v. Birbeck, 72 Nev. 126 Zolezzi v. Jackson, 72 Nev. 150
1957	Ansolabehere v. Laborde, 73 Nev. 93
1968	Snow v. Pioneer Title Ins. Co., 84 Nev. 480
1972	Carson City v. Estate of Lompa, 88 Nev. 541
1976	Heffern v. Vernarecci, 92 Nev. 68
1977	Nevada Industrial Comm'n v. Reese, 93 Nev. 115
1979	G&M Properties v. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 95 Nev. 301 Revert v. Ray, 95 Nev. 782 Bailey v. State of Nevada, 95 Nev. 378
1982	Hendricks v. Perkins, 98 Nev. 246
1983	Waters of Horse Springs v. State Engineer, 99 Nev. 776
1984	Ravera v. City of Reno, 100 Nev. 68
1987	Nevada Industrial Dev. v. Benedetti, 103 Nev. 360
1988	State v. State Engineer, 104 Nev. 709
1991	Serpa v. Darling, 107 Nev. 299 Silver Lake Water v. Public Serv. Comm'n, 107 Nev. 951
1992	Town of Eureka v. State Engineer, 108 Nev. 163 State Engineer v. Sustacha, 108 Nev. 223
1994	Margave v. Dermody Properties, 110 Nev. 824 Dickenson v. State, Dep't of Wildlife, 110 Nev. 934
1995	Serpa v. County of Washoe, 111 Nev. 1081
1996	Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Washoe County, 112 Nev. 743
1997	Dermody v. City of Reno, 113 Nev. 207 Jordan v. Bailey, 113 Nev. 1038 Desert Irrigation, Ltd. v. State of Nevada, 113 Nev. 1049
2000	South Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of W. Shoshone Indians v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court, 116 Nev. 805
2001	United States v. State Eng'r, 117 Nev. 585 Mineral County v. State, 117 Nev. 235
2002	S. Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe v. State Eng'r, in Re Determination of Relative Rights of Claimants and Appropriators of Waters of the Humboldt River Stream Sys., 118 Nev. 901
2003	Preferred Equities Corp. v. State Eng'r, 119 Nev. 384
2005	Dep't of Conservation & Natural Res. v. Foley, 121 Nev. 77
2006	Bacher v. Office of the State Eng'r of Nev., 122 Nev. 1110
2008	Howell v. Ricci, 124 Nev. 1222 Adaven Mgmt. v. Mt. Falls Acquisition Corp., 124 Nev. 770 Andersen Family Assocs. v. Ricci, 124 Nev. 182
2010	Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Ricci, 126 Nev. 521
2012	In re Nev. State Eng'r Ruling No. 5823, 128 Nev. 232
2015	Eureka Cnty v. State Eng'r of Nev., 131 Nev. 846 Benson v. State Eng'r, 131 Nev. 772 Land Baron Invs., Inc. v. Bonnie Springs Family Ltd. P'ship, 131 Nev. 686
2016	Jackson v. Groenendyke, 132 Nev. 296
2017	State Eng'r v. Eureka Cty, 133 Nev. 557
2018	Eureka Cty. v. Seventh Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., 134 Nev. 275 King v. St. Clair, 134 Nev. 137
2019	Wilson v. Happy Creek, Inc., 135 Nev. 301 Sierra Pac. Indus. v. Wilson; 135 Nev. 105
2020	Mineral Cty v. Lyon Cty., 136 Nev. Adv. Rep. 58
2021	Wilson v. Pahrump Fair Water, LLC, 137 Nev. Adv. Rep. 2
2022	Diamond Nat. Res. Prot. & Conservation Ass’n. v. Diamond Valley Ranch, LLC, 138 Nev. Adv. Rep. 43 Albemarle U.S. Inc. v. King, No 81886 Advanced Op.
2024	Sullivan v. Lincoln County Water Dist., 140 Nev., Advance Opinion 4 (2024)

Nevada Water Law

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