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TWC Storage, LLC v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a petition for a writ of administrative mandate, challenging the imposition of a $25,000 fine on petitioner by the Regional Water Quality Control...

US v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Res.

Indian Law, Water Law
In an appeal by Indian tribes of the district court's finding that they shared joint fishing rights with another tribe at the "Wenatshapam Fishery" on...

Public Water Supply Dist. No. 3 v. City of Lebanon

Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In an action by a public water district against nearby City of Lebanon, Missouri, alleging that the city was illegally providing water and sewer...

Evans v. US Dep't of Interior

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In an appeal by the Tulalip Tribes from an order of the district court denying them the right to intervene in an action brought by the Snohomish...

Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In an action under the Endangered Species Act concerning whether the Bureau of Reclamation had discretion to reallocate water from agricultural and...

US v. Bell

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In an action by the U.S. against the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (TCID) alleging a violation of the federal government's water rights, the...

San Joaquin River Exch. Contractors Water Auth. v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In an action challenging the State Water Resources Control Board's approval of two amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento...

US v. Orr Water Ditch Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Water Law
In an Indian tribe's appeal from Nevada State Engineer Ruling 5747, allocating groundwater in the Tracy Segment Hydrographic Basin, on the ground that...

California Am. Water v. City of Seaside

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In an action seeking a declaration of rights among the parties interested in the production and storage of groundwater from the Seaside Basin, an...

Karuk Tribe of N. Cal. v. Cal. Regional Water Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Water Law
In an action seeking to compel the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region (Board) to enforce California's law governing...