Legal Opinion

Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided July 1, 1983No. 81-2147PublishedCited by 220 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan

These consolidated cases form a sequel to our decision in Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States, 424 U. S. 800 (1976). That case held that (1) the McCarran Amendment, 66 Stat. 560, 43 U. S. C. § 666, which *549waived the sovereign immunity of the United States as to comprehensive state water rights adjudications,1 provides state courts with jurisdiction to adjudicate Indian water rights held in trust by the United States, and (2), in light of the clear federal policies underlying the McCarran Amendment, a water rights suit brought by the United States in federal court was…

2Cases cited25 opinions

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