Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. United States

PER CURIAM:*

Plaintiffs are a group of American Indians residing on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona. They have standing to seek monetary relief from the United States under section 2 of the Indian Claims Commission Act, 60 Stat. 1050, 25 U.S.C. §70a, which authorizes, among other grounds which may be relevant here, the filing of "* * * (5) claims based upon fair and honorable dealings that are not recognized by any existing rule of law or equity.”1

In this litigation plaintiffs claim entitlement to compensation for the loss of that irrigation water from the Gila River which, it is…