Legal Opinion
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 12, 2003No. 02-2254, 02-2295, 02-2255, 02-2304, 02-2267PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN C. PORFILIO, Senior Circuit Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has discretion to reduce deliveries of available water under its contracts with irrigation districts and cities in New Mexico to comply with the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544(ESA). Roiling beneath this question is an array of interests, many represented here. Each depends on water, “the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes and seas, issues from the ground in springs, and is a major constituent of all living matter,” a definition mocked by…
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of ReclamationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
- American Rivers v. United States Army Corps of EngineersDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2003
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