Legal Opinion
South Fork Band of Te-Moak Tribe v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 2000No. 35591PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This is an original petition for writ of prohibition seeking to prevent the district court from proceeding on a petition for an order requiring petitioners to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for interfering with the state engineer and water commissioners in regulating adjudicated water rights along the Humboldt River. Petitioners contend that the district court lacks jurisdiction based on sovereign immunity.
We conclude that petitioners waived sovereign immunity when the United States purchased, and petitioners took, the reservation land subject to previously…
3Cases cited16 opinions
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Blatchford v. Native Village of NoatakSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Puyallup Tribe, Inc. v. Department of Game of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Gilbert McClendon Bernadine F. McClendon Norman McDanel Connie R. McDanel v. United States of America Colorado River Indian Tribal CouncilCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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4Cited by2 opinions
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