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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 12 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Basin Electric Power Cooperative v. State Board of Control.

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1 Basin Electric Power Cooperative v. State Board of Control Anchor
wyo · 1978
green “an appropriator obtains a transferable water right only to the extent that he has put his appropriation to a beneficial use.” 7
2 Nevada v. United States
scotus · 1983
green “the law of nevada, in common with most other western states, requires for the perfection of a water right for agricultural purposes that the water must be beneficially used by actual application on the land” 5

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