water rights

Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Effort to Relitigate San Juan Basin Water Rights

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in Clark v. Haaland.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

Federal Brief

Navajo Brief

New Mexico Brief 

Reply

Two New Papers by Dylan Hedden-Nicely

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Journal Water:  Water Governance in an Era of Climate Change: A Model to Assess the Shifting Irrigation Demand and Its Effect on Water Management in the Western United States

https://doi.org/10.3390/w16141963

Harvard Environmental Law Review: Rebalancing Winters: Indigenous Water Rights and Climate Change in the Western United States

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4932971

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Hill v. DOI [Challenge to Crow Water Rights Settlement]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Hill Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Lower court materials here.

Federal Circuit Allows Some Aspects of Ute Water Rights Breach of Trust Claim to Proceed

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Ute Indian Tribe v. United States:

Opinion.pdfDownload
Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Answer Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here.

Klamath Tribes Prevail in Klamath River Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Klamath Tribes v. Bureau of Reclamation (D. Or.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
24 Klamath Tribes Motion for Summary J.pdfDownload
29 Water Users Cross-Motion.pdfDownload
32 Federal Cross-Motion.pdfDownload
40 Klamath Reply.pdfDownload
43 Water Users Reply.pdfDownload
45 Federal Reply.pdfDownload
58 Magistrate Report.pdfDownload
66 Federal Objections.pdfDownload
67 Water Users Objections.pdfDownload
68 Klamath Response.pdfDownload
69 DCT Order.pdfDownload

SCOTUS Denies Cert in McCarren Act Issue re: Klamath River

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

The petition in Klamath Irrigation District v. Bureau of Reclamation is here.

The BOR is here.

Reply is here:

Klamath II Reply Final.pdfDownload

Federal Brief in Opposition in Klamath River Matter [McCarren Act]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the brief in Klamath Irrigation District v. Bureau of Reclamation (No. 23-216):

BOR.pdfDownload

Petition is here.

D.C. Federal Court Dismisses Crow Allottees Challenge to Water Rights Settlement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Hill v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

14 Amended Complaint

16 Motion to Dismiss

20 AAA Response

23 Reply

25 DCT Order

Heather Tanana to Speak at UMLS Next Week

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

New Mexico Federal Court Determines that Winters Applies to Santa Ana Pueblo Water Rights Claim . . . Or something like that

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in United States v. Abouselman (D.N.M.):

4475 Pueblo of Santa Ana Brief.pdfDownload
4476 US Brief.pdfDownload
4485 New Mexico Brief.pdfDownload
4489 US Reply.pdfDownload
4490 Pueblo Reply.pdfDownload
4506 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

A view of ABQ, unrelated to this case.