Navajo Nation water disputes placed on US Supreme Court Docket
Two water cases involving the Navajo Nation's water right claims have been placed on the U.S. Supreme Court docket.
Tag: litigation
Litigation watch: Water rights on federal lands case gears up
The United States has sued the State of Idaho over the state's forfeiture procedures for water rights on public lands.
Several irrigation districts and others having pre-1914 senior water rights have sued the State of California over water shut-offs and denial of due process. Historic water rights were cut last month...
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.