The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Native Americans and others claiming federal reserved water rights have a right to groundwater under their lands, upending almost a century of water rights practice (see the Opinion which is also embedded below, and the 1908 case, Winters v. United States). In November 2017, the U.S. Supreme […]
15 Feb 2018
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9th Circuit opinion on federal reserved right to groundwater
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Native Americans and others claiming federal reserved water rights have a right to groundwater under their lands, upending almost a century of water rights practice (see the Opinion which is also embedded below, and the 1908 case, Winters v. United States). In November 2017, the U.S. Supreme […]
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