mccarran-amendment

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-216 Klamath Irrigation District v. United States Bureau of Reclamation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-07 Denied Response Waived comprehensive-adjudication federal-obligations federal-removal in-rem-jurisdiction judicial-review mccarran-amendment prior-exclusive-jurisdiction state-adjudication water-rights Whether the federal government can avoid the doctrine of prior exclusive jurisdiction in an ongoing, comprehensive water adjudication under the McCarr…
19-1134 Lonny E. Baley, et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-03-17 Denied Amici (6) endangered-species-act federal-agency federal-reserved-water-rights fifth-amendment mccarran-amendment reclamation-act state-law state-water-law tribal-rights water-rights Whether federal agency regulatory action under the Endangered Species Act can constitute the adjudication and administration of water rights for triba…