Ninth Circuit Affirms Yurok/Hoopa/Feds Win in Klamath River ESA Fight

Here is the opinion in Yurok Tribe v. Klamath Water Users Assn.

Briefs:

Klamath Tribes Prevail in Klamath River Suit

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

Hawkins v. Haaland Cert Petition [tribal management of Klamath River]

Here:

Cert Petition

Question presented:

Does the federal government possess final decision-making authority over the management of water rights held in trust for an Indian tribe?

Lower court materials here.

UPDATE:

Oregon Farm Bureau Amicus

Brief in Opposition

Cert stage Reply

D.C. Circuit Rejects Property Owners Challenge to Tribal Regulation of Tribal Water Rights on Klamath River — Incidentally, the First Case Caption with Secretary Haaland’s Name

Here is the opinion in Hawkins v. Haaland.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials.

HCN: “How the Yurok Tribe is reclaiming the Klamath River”

Here.

Federal Court Turns Down Yurok Effort to Enjoin Federal Action Threatening Salmon

Here are the materials in Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation (N.D. Cal.):

908 DCT Stay Order

910 Yurok Motion

914 Klamath Water District Amicus Brief

916 Klamath Tribes Opposition

917 Klamath Water Users Opposition

919 US Opposition

922 Yurok Reply

924 DCt Order

Prior post here.

Federal Court Dismisses Property Owners Challenge to Klamath Indian Reserved Water Rights

Here are the materials in Hawkins v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):

15 Amended Complaint

17 US Motion to Dismiss

19 Response

22 Reply

24 DCT Order

HCN: “The Klamath River now has the legal rights of a person”

Here.

Yurok Tribe Sues Bureau of Reclamation over Klamath River Flows

Here is the complaint in Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation (N.D. Cal.):

1-complaint-1.pdf

NYTs: “The Next Standing Rock? A Pipeline Battle Looms in Oregon”

Here.