Pocatello, ID
Real estate Lawyer at Pocatello, ID
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Environmental and Natural Resources
OUTCOME: Permit granted
Represented a landowner with waterfront property along Bear Lake to obtain a permit for a seawall in a contested case that was aggressively opposed by the adjoining landowner. Following a two-day trial ... the permit was granted in full.
OUTCOME: The Supreme Court affirmed the district court decision on all counts, limiting Rangen's water rights to the terms of its water right decrees issued in the Snake River Basin Adjudication.
Rangen, Inc. appealed a decision of the Idaho Department of Water Resources limiting its water right to a scope smaller than Rangen’s actual historical use. The appeal threatened to expand the curtailm ... ent of junior-priority groundwater rights, and eliminate a mitigation water right secured by groundwater users.
OUTCOME: Transaction closed
Represented out-of-state buyers in acquiring large, multi-million dollar commercial property in Pocatello, Idaho.
OUTCOME: Water right approved; pipe project completed; FERC approval pending
Represented Cub River Irrigation Company in a hydropower project that included easement acquisition, water right acquisition, negotiation of a settlement agreement with several environmental groups, an ... d FERC approval.
OUTCOME: Bannock County Commissioners denied request to designate road a public right-of-way.
Represented landowner whose property is traversed by an unimproved road that Bannock County sought to declare a public right-of-way.
OUTCOME: Water rights approved
Represented Monsanto company in obtaining water rights and developing a mitigation plan for its Blackfoot Bridge Mine
OUTCOME: Federal legislation pending approval
Represented group of landowners involved in boundary dispute with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. Dispute resolved via federal legislation that remains pending before the United States Congress
OUTCOME: Water rights approved
Developed water right mitigation plan and negotiated agreements with two irrigation companies to supply water to a reservoir that is a central feature in the Legacy Ranch Subdivision in Franklin County ... , Idaho, and obtained approval from the Idaho Department of Water Resources
OUTCOME: IDWR Director's decision upheld
Represented groundwater users across the Eastern Snake River Plain in defense of a delivery call by fish farmers in the Hagerman area. Court upheld IDWR Director's use of a "trim line" to limit the zon ... e of curtailment. Held that junior pumpers are not responsible for impacts to spring flows caused by changes in surface water irrigation practices; only responsible for impacts directly caused by junior pumping.
OUTCOME: Water right transfer approved
Represented Huntsman Springs in developing a pilot project approved by the Idaho Department of Water Resources to enable irrigation water rights of Grand Teton Canal Company to be used to develop ponds ... within the Huntsman Springs development in Driggs, Idaho.
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