RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

October 2007

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Third District Court Prohibits State Water Resources Control Board Counsel from Acting as Both Prosecutor and Advisor
Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. State Water Resources Control Board, 153

Recently, the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District held that a water right holder, in a revocation proceeding, is deprived of due process where the prosecuting attorney simultaneously acts as a legal advisor to the same agency, even if in an unrelated administrative proceeding.