Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. Bernhardt
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 31, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2019-1498Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GERALD H. HAWKINS, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 19-1498 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell DAVID L. BERNHARDT, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs, a group of landowners in the Upper Klamath Basin in Oregon, seek declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants, officials in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) and the Department of the Interior, to prevent enforcement of the Klamath Tribes’ reserved water rights.1 In particular, plaintiffs challenge two protocol…
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