Topic: the one first in time is the first in right. · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 11 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 City of Barstow v. Mojave Water Agency.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 City of Barstow v. Mojave Water Agency Anchor
cal · 2000
green “the one first in time is the first in right.” 4
2 Santa Barbara Channelkeeper v. City of San Buenaventura
calctapp5d · 2018
green “actual, open and notorious, hostile and adverse to the original owner, continuous and uninterrupted for the statutory period of five years, and under claim of right.” 4
3 City of Los Angeles v. City of San Fernando
cal · 1975
green “natural 'safe yield' is the maximum quantity of ground water, not in excess of the long-term, average, natural replenishment (e.g., rainfall and runoff), which may be extracted annually without eventual depletion of the basin” 3

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