Legal Opinion
Colville Confederated Tribes v. Walton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1981No. Nos. 79-4297, 79-4309 and 79-4383PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Rehearing has been granted. The opinion filed on August 20, 1980 is withdrawn and is replaced by this opinion.
The Colville Confederated Tribes initiated this case a decade ago. They sought to enjoin Walton, non-Indian owner of allotted lands, from using surface and ground waters in the No Name Creek basin. The State of Washington intervened, asserting its authority to grant water permits on reservation lands, and the case was consolidated with a separate suit brought by the United States against Walton.
I. BACKGROUND
A
In 1871 the predecessors of the Colville Confederated…
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