Legal Opinion
City of Pocatello v. State
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 2008No. 33669PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JONES, Justice.
The City of Pocatello filed a claim in the Snake River Basin Adjudication (SRBA), asserting it had been granted a federal water right under an 1888 Congressional act. A special master in the SRBA determined that no such right existed. The district court affirmed on appeal, as does this Court.
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President Andrew Johnson designated the Fort Hall Indian Reservation for the use of certain bands of the Shoshone and Bannock Tribes (“Tribes”) by virtue of an 1867 executive order. The boundaries and terms of the Reservation were established the next year in the Second Treaty of Fort…
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