Legal Opinion
United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 14, 2002No. Nos. 00-15688, 00-15690 and 00-15692PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge.
In the mid-1980s, a number of landowners in the Newlands Reclamation Project (Project) in Nevada submitted applications to transfer water rights between different parcels of property. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians (Tribe) protested the applications under the Nevada law of forfeiture and abandonment, arguing that the transfers would decrease the water flow into Pyramid Lake, which is situated on the Tribe’s aboriginal homeland. The Nevada State Engineer (Engineer) initially granted the transfer applications and the Tribe, joined by the United States,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Nevada v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Matthew Long v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Seatrain Lines and Royal Globe Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.District Court, D. Nevada · 1980
- In Re Waters of Manse SpringNevada Supreme Court · 1940
- Town of Eureka v. Office of the State EngineerNevada Supreme Court · 1992
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- United States of America, and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, a Corporation, and Nevada State Engineer Rambling River Ranches, Inc., United States of America v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, a Corporation, and Rambling River Ranches, Inc., Larry Fritz Gaylord Blue Equity Trust, Applicants-Appellees. United States of America, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, Intervenor-Appellee v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, a Corporation, and Rambling River Ranches, Inc., Larry Fritz Gaylord Blue Equity Trust Herbert Lohse, Applicants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002