United States Ninth Circuit
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Nevada, 11-16470
Judgment for plaintiffs in a challenge to the approval of defendants' application to transfer water rights from agricultural land to wetlands, is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff-tribe has standing; and 2) the district court correctly concluded that diversion of water for waterfowl habitat is not "irrigation" within the meaning of the federal court Alpine decree governing water rights in the Newlands Reclamation Project.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/30/2013
- Published 07/30/2013
Judges
- THOMAS
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit