Legal Opinion
Keating v. Nebraska Public Power District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 13, 2009No. 07-3056PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, Nebraska farmers and ranchers who draw water from the Niobrara Watershed, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. In this suit, appellants alleged that state officials deprived them of their procedural due process rights when those officials ordered them to cease drawing water from the Niobrara Watershed without providing prior notice or a hearing. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the district court’s dismissal and remand this matter for further consideration.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
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