Legal Opinion
Colville Confederated Tribes v. Boyd Walton, Jr., Et Ux
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1985No. 83-4285PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This dispute involves respective rights of the Colville Confederated Tribes (Tribe), Indian allottees and Walton to share in water from the No Name Creek Hydrological System, which was originally reserved for the Tribe under the Winters doctrine, when the Colville Reservation was created. See Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564, 576, 28 S.Ct. 207, 211, 52 L.Ed. 340 (1908).
Walton and the Indian allottees seek water for irrigation. The Tribe seeks additional water to establish the Omak Lake Fishery as spawning grounds for the Lahonton Cutthroat Trout as a…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cappaert v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- In Re Rights to Use Water in Big Horn RiverWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
- Hackford v. BabbittCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
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