Legal Opinion
United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe, the White Mountain Apache Tribal Court, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1986No. 85-1719PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
We decide today two cases 1 in the continuing dispute over Indian rights to water from the Salt River watershed in Arizona. The defendant White Mountain Apache Tribe inhabits the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona. The headwaters of the Salt River lie within the Reservation. Currently pending before the Superior Court for Maricopa County, Arizona, is the consolidated water rights determination proceeding entitled In re the General Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Gila River System and Source, W-l through W-4 (“W-l”). That litigation encompasses…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Dugan v. RankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian ReservationSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- United States v. Red Lake Band of Chippewa IndiansCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. NeztsosieCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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