In Re General Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Gila River System

OPINION

RYAN, Justice.

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¶ 1 This case arises from the ongoing adjudication of rights to the use of Gila River water and the impact of recent federal legislation facilitating the resolution of tribal water claims subject to the adjudication. 1

II2 In 2004, Congress passed the Arizona Water Settlements Act (“AWSA”), Pub.L. No. 108-451,118 Stat. 8478 (2004). Title III of the AWSA authorizes the settlement of the federal water rights claims of the Tohono O’odham Nation (“Nation”). 2 Under the auspices of the AWSA, the Nation, the United States, the City of Tucson, Farmers Investment Company…