Legal Opinion
United States v. Bluewater-Toltec Irrigation District
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided February 27, 1984No. Civ. 82-1466BB, 83-1462BB and 83-1540BBPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BALDOCK, District Judge.
These three suits involve the determination of water rights to the Rio San Jose which runs through McKinley, Cibola and Valencia Counties in New Mexico. N.M. State Hwy. Dep’t and Commerce and Ind. Dep’t, Travel Map of New Mexico. The Rio San Jose empties into the Rio Puerco in the southwest corner of the Isleta Indian Reservation. T.M. Pearce, New Mexico Place Names — A Geographical Dictionary 135 (1965). The river touches Grants and crosses the Acoma and Laguna Indian Reservations. Id.
The first suit, United States in its own right and for and on…
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