Legal Opinion
In re the Beneficial Water Use Permit Nos. 66459-76L, Ciotti 64988-g76L, Starner
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 22, 1996No. 95-080PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trieweiler
On April 30,1985, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation (Tribes) filed an objection with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to an application by Frank Pope, a non-Indian landowner on the reservation, for an authorization to change his point of diversion and place of use of a portion of his on-reservation water right. Between February 10,1987, and September 16,1987, the Tribes filed objections with the DNRC to three applications from non-Indian landowners on the reservation who were seeking permits for new water rights from…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carbon County v. Union Reserve Coal Co., Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1995
- State Ex Rel. Greely v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead ReservationMontana Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by14 opinions
- In Re Marriage of SkillenMontana Supreme Court · 1998
- In Re the Adjudication of the Existing Rights to the Use of All the WaterMontana Supreme Court · 2002
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes v. ClinchMontana Supreme Court · 2007
- Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation v. StultsMontana Supreme Court · 2002
- Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes v. ClinchMontana Supreme Court · 1999
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