Legal Opinion
United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1999No. Nos. 97-17011, 97-17016PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Churchill County appealed to a Nevada state court the decision of the Nevada State Engineer, R. Michael Turnipseed, granting a water rights transfer application to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The United States District Court for the District of Nevada enjoined the state court proceeding because the state proceeding interfered with the district court’s exclusive jurisdiction to hear appeals regarding the water rights at issue, rights that had been originally adjudicated by the district court. Churchill County appeals, contending that the district court…
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