Legal Opinion
United States v. Orr Water Ditch Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 7, 2010No. 07-17001PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the extent of the federal courts’ subject matter jurisdiction over the administration of water rights adjudicated in the Orr Ditch Decree (“the Decree”). The Decree allocates rights to water in the Truckee River. See United States v. Orr Water Ditch Co., Equity No. A3 (D.Nev.1944). The river begins at Lake Tahoe and runs most of its course in Nevada, ultimately flowing into Pyramid Lake, northeast of Reno. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians (“the Tribe”) alleges that Nevada State Engineer Ruling 5747, allocating groundwater in the…
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