all - Opinion Summaries

Montana v. Wyoming

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law, Agriculture
In a water law dispute involving whether a switch from flood to sprinkler irrigation, which increases crop consumption of water leading to a decrease...

San Carlos Apache Tribe v. US

Government Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In an action for breach of fiduciary duty under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. section 2501, and relating to water rights in the Gila River, judgment of...

Karuk Tribe v. US Forestry Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a dispute brought by a tribe involving mining in the Klamath River and alleging violations of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16...

Newton-Enloe v. Horton

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In an action to compel the Department of Public Health to prepare and submit to the Legislature a safe drinking water plan as required by Health and...

NRDC v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a dispute involving the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. section 1251 et seq., grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants is reversed with respect...

Klamath Irrigation Dist. v. US

Agriculture, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law, Administrative Law
In an action brought by fourteen water, drainage, and irrigation districts and thirteen agricultural landowners in Oregon and California, who use...

City of Arcadia v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Water Law
Trial court's judgment issuing a writ of mandate that vacated a resolution by defendant California Regional Water Quality Control Board after it...

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. S. Florida Water Mgmt. Dist.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In plaintiffs' suit challenging the the South Florida Water Management District's (District) suit seeking validation of certificates of participation...

CRV Enter., Inc. v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In plaintiffs' suit against the United States, claiming that the government had taken plaintiffs' private property without just compensation by...

Severance v. Patterson

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
On certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for guidance in resolving plaintiff's Fourth Amendment unreasonable...