Legal Opinion
State of New Mexico v. R. Lee Aamodt, United States of America, Intervenors And
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1976No. 75-1069, 75-1106PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
The basic issue before us is whether water uses by Pueblo Indians in New Mexico are controlled by state water law based on the doctrine of prior appropriation. The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico made an interlocutory order that the Indian uses were controlled by state law. On the petitions of the United States and the Indians we allowed an appeal in No. 75-1106 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) and now reverse.
In 1966 New Mexico brought suit in accordance with its water adjudication statutes, Chap. 75, Art. 4, N.Mex.Stats.Ann., *11051953,…
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