Environmental & Energy,
Administrative/Regulatory,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 11, 2017
Winters rights apply to groundwater, too
This week the 9th Circuit held, as a matter of first impression, that the so-called "reserved rights" doctrine applies to groundwater.
This week the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited (at least among water law junkies) opinion in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Coachella Valley Water District, 2017 DJDAR 2068 (March 7, 2017). The decision is both significant and unsurprising. As most observers expected, the court held, as a matter of first impression, that the so-called "reserved rights" doctrine applies to groundwater. The main effect of the 9th Circuit's ruling will be to provid...
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