Legal Opinion
United States v. Orr Water Ditch Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 5, 2001No. Nos. 99-16812, 99-16817PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge WILLIAM A. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge NOONAN.
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
The town of Fernley, Nevada, has applied to the Nevada State Engineer to change the manner and place of use of rights to roughly 280 acre-feet of water from the federal Newlands Reclamation Project. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians and the federal government oppose the proposed transfers, contending that the water rights at issue have been forfeited or abandoned under Nevada state law. The district court affirmed the decision of the Nevada State Engineer that none of the water rights had…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Nevada v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Albert H. Wohlers & Co. v. BartgisNevada Supreme Court · 1999
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. MortonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1973
- Topaz Mutual Co. v. MarshNevada Supreme Court · 1992
- United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.District Court, D. Nevada · 1980
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Churchill County v. NortonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Orr Water Ditch Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- United States v. Gila Valley Irrigation DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
- United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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