Legal Opinion
United States v. Oregon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1994No. Nos. 92-36983, 92-36985, 92-36987 and 92-37001PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals arise out of the State of Oregon’s attempts to adjudicate the rights of various claimants to the waters of the Klamath River Basin through a complex procedure created by state statute. We are called upon to address whether the State may compel the United States, the Klamath Indian Tribe and other owners of former reservation land to comply with certain terms of the state statute governing the Kla-math Basin adjudication.
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Facts and Procedural History
In 1975, the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) invoked Oregon’s statutory…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Nordic Village, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Dugan v. RankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- International Ass'n of MacHinists v. StreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Klamath Tribe Claims Committee v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011
- Klamath Irrigation District v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2011
- Klamath Irrigation District v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
- Kandra v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 2001
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