State v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Doolittle ex rel. Doolittle v. Meridian Joint School District No. 2 · Olson v. Idaho Department of Water Resources · Crow v. Carlson · A & B Irrigation District v. Idaho Conservation League · Stethem v. Skinner
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Idaho Code § 42-1412 (6) instructs that a general provision should be included in a water right decree if such general provision is "necessary" to define or efficiently administer water rights. Whether a general provision is "necessary" depends upon the specific general provision at issue and involves a question of fact, (defining the proposed general provision and the circumstances of its application), and a question of law, (determining whether the general provision facilitates the definition or efficient administration of water rights in a decree). A general provision is "necessary" if it is required to define the water right being decreed or to efficiently administer water rights in a water right decree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A] provision is to be included in a decree if it is necessary to define or for the efficient administration of a water right, and it is not necessary that the provision apply to all water rights. Therefore, if the provision is necessary for the efficient administration of a water right, we hold that the provision should be included in the decree, and remand for further factual findings as to the necessity of this provision either to the definition or the administration of these water rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“depends upon the specific general provision at issue and involves a question of fact, (defining the proposed general provision and the circumstances of its application), and a question of law, (determining whether the general provision facilitates the definition or efficient administration of water rights in a decree). A general provision is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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