Legal Opinion
Grindstone Butte Project, a Tenancy in Common v. Thomas S. Kleppe, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1981No. 78-1134PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a summary judgment holding that the Secretary of the Interior lacked authority to impose terms and conditions, primarily designed to protect the environment, upon irrigation rights-of-way granted over federal lands under the Act of March 3, 1891, 43 U.S.C. §§ 946-949 (1891 Act). We reverse.
FACTS
The pertinent facts are undisputed. In 1974, the Idaho Office of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior, granted two irrigation rights-of-way over federal lands to the Grindstone Butte Project (Grindstone), a tenancy in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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