WATCHORN BASIN ASSN. v. OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELEC. CO.

No. 47163.

525 P.2d 1357 (1974)

WATCHORN BASIN ASSOCIATION of the State of Oklahoma and W.D. Greenshields, Petitioners, v. OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a public utility corporation of the State of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma Water Resources Board of the State of Oklahoma, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.D. Greenshields, Roy E. Grantham, of Grantham, Casey & Kirkpatrick, Ponca City, Robert M. Murphy, Berry, Murphy & Osborn, Stillwater, for petitioners.

H. Duane Stratton, Paul Walters, John W. Harbour, Jr., Oklahoma City, for respondent, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company; Joseph F. Rarick, Norman, of counsel.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen. of Okl., Steven E. Moore, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Okl., Oklahoma City, for respondent, Oklahoma Water Resources Bd.


IRWIN, Justice:

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company [O G & E] filed its Application [No. 73-440] with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board [Board] to appropriate for its beneficial use a certain amount of water from Greazy Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River. This water will be used for a new electric generating station and off-stream cooling reservoir that O G & E plans to construct.

O G & E has acquired...

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