State Ex Rel. State Engineer v. Crider’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably State, Dept. of Ecology v. Theodoratus (1998), State Ex Rel. Martinez v. City of Las Vegas (2004)
2 federal appellate · 32 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on City & County of Denver v. Sheriff · State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. Mendenhall · Torrez v. Brady · State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. Sharp · State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. Allman
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hile in mining a fixed amount [of water] may usually be sufficient from the start for all purposes, in irrigation of newly settled land it will not. The need for water grows as the area cultivated grows. The settler can cultivate, perhaps, only a few acres the first year; but he does everything with a view to later expansion. As is said in one case, it is reasonable to suppose that reclamation of the entire area owned at the time of diversion is contemplated. Before his larger acreage is cleared and planted, however (which may take several years), other claimants to the use of the water have arrived. Does the law allow the former to continue increasing his use in the face of these later claimants? "It seems well settled that such is the rule. The amount used need not be fixed, constant quantity...."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The right to appropriate water for future use is fully recognized by most authorities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.