Legal Opinion
Colville Confederated Tribes v. Walton
District Court, E.D. Washington
Decided October 25, 1978No. C-3421, C-3831PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NEILL, Chief Judge.
In these consolidated cases plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief relating to the rights to waters of a very small waterway located entirely within the exterior boundaries of the Colville Indian Reservation in north central Washington. As the result of this extended litigation this formerly nameless waterway has acquired the appellation “No Name Creek”. Because the surface water of No Name Creek has a hydraulic relationship with the underlying aquifer, these actions include rights to both surface and ground waters of the creek basin.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Colville Confederated Tribes v. WaltonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Colville Confederated Tribes v. Boyd Walton, Jr., Et UxCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Ute Indian Tribe v. State of UtahDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1981
- United States v. WashingtonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1980
- Reppun v. Board of Water SupplyHawaii Supreme Court · 1982
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