water rights

Chickasaw and Choctaw Reach Water Settlement with Oklahoma

Ann Tweedy2 Comments

Here.

US Moves to Recuse Federal Judge from Indian Water Rights-Related Matter Due to Bias against Federal Government

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the motion in United States v. Walker River Irrigation District (D. Nev.):

1414 US Motion to Recuse

Catherine O’Neill on Washington Dept. of Ecology’s Draft Water Quality Standards and the District Court’s Order Enjoining EPA to Act

Ann Tweedy

Here.  Professor O’Neill provides a detailed and understandable summary of the many problems with Ecology’s draft standards and also explains EPA’s role and the District Court for the Western District of Washington’s recent decision.

The District Court’s decision in Puget Soundkeeper Alliance v. EPA is here: Puget Soundkeeper v EPA Order on Summary Judgment 8-3-16.

Ninth Circuit Materials in Klamath-Trinity River Flow Dispute

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment
Hoopa - Trinity River
Trinity River in the Hoopa Valley Reservation

Here are the materials in San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water authority v. Jewell:

25 US Opening Brief

27 YT Opening Brief

28 CDFW Motion and Amicus Brief

52 2016-04-15 SLDMWA-WWD opening & resp brief

57 2016-07-01 Hoopa reply brief

59 2016-07-01 Fed Ds’ reply-response brief

62 2016-07-01 PCFFA-IFR response brief

64 2016-07-01 Yurok third brief on cross-appeal

72 2016-07-29 water contractors’ cross-appeal reply brief

73 2016-07-29 water contractors’ reply to PCFFA

SLDMWA v. Jewell, 52 FS3d 1020 (EDCA 2014) 2013 FARs XMSJ dcn

Attorney-Adviser Vacancy with DOI in Boise

Sarah M Donnelly

Link to USAJobs announcement here.

Main client would be Bureau of Reclamation (so water law), with some Indian law work.  Closes Friday, August 8, 2016.

Sho Ban Tribe – Water Summit (August 11, 2016)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the brochure: TribalWaterWorkshop_ver2

Website here.

 

Policy Analyst Positions at Interior’s Indian Water Rights Office

Sarah M Donnelly

Link to Senior Policy Analyst announcement here.

Download senior analyst duties and responsibilities here.

Link to Policy Analyst announcement here.

Crow Allottees v. Dept. of Justice Cert Stage Briefs

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Crow Allottees Cert Petition

Cert Opp Brief

Cert Cert Stage Reply

Lower court materials: briefs, Mont SCT Opinion.
Related federal court materials here.

Tenth Circuit Rejects Individual Water Rights in Nambé-Pojoaque-Tesuque Basin General Stream Adjudication

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in State of New Mexico v. United States:

CA10 Opinion

Briefs:

Joint Pueblo Brief

New Mexico Brief

New Mexico Jurisdiction Brief

Trujillo Brief

Trujillo Jurisdiction Brief

Trujillo Response to Pueblo Brief

Cert Opposition Briefs in Crow Water Settlement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cert Opp Brief

US Cert Opp Brief TK

Cert petition in Crow Allottees v. United States here.

Lower court materials: briefs, Mont SCT Opinion.
Related federal court materials here.