(SCOTTSBLUFF STAR HERALD) The Scottsbluff Star Herald reports, "Attorneys for the North Platte Natural Resources District and Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District had only 10 minutes Tuesday morning in which to present their arguments and answer questions from Nebraska Supreme Court justices regarding a lawsuit filed by Central.Central, which regulates irrigation and power generation out of Lake McConaughy, took legal action last year to challenge a 12-inch allocation in the Pumpkin Creek basin set by the North Platte Natural Resources District. It claimed the NPNRD, and Pumpkin Creek irrigators in particular, are depriving Central of North Platte River streamflow. The district court judge who heard that case and dismissed it, said Central was not a “person aggrieved,” and lacked standing to take the action. CNPPID then took advantage of an opportunity to bypass the state’s appeals court, and filed with the Supreme Court. Both parties filed briefs with the court long before Tuesday’s hearing."
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