Legal Opinion
In Re the General Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Big Horn River System
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided June 14, 2002No. 00-296PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KITE, Justice.
[¶1] The appellants.own lands within the Big Horn River System and claim federal reserved water rights as a result of their acquiring properties from Indian allottees. These claims are known as "Walton" claims based on the federal court cases which first identified them. To qualify, Walton claimants must demonstrate their lands were irrigated by their Indian allottee predecessors or the first non-Indian successors irrigated the lands within a reasonable time after they were conveyed. The district court denied these appellants' claims (unsuccessful claimants) finding they failed…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Colville Confederated Tribes v. WaltonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- City of Rock Springs v. Police Protection Ass'nWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
- Wyatt v. Larimer & Weld Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1893
- United States v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Mohr v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2015
- In Re: The General Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Big Horn River System and All Other Sources, State of WyomingFrank E. Mohr v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2015
- United States v. WashingtonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 2005
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