Elephant Butte Irrigation District of N.M. v. United States Department of the Interior

ELR Citation: ELR 20319
No(s). s. 99-2291, -2295 (10th Cir. Oct 25, 2001)

The court affirms a district court grant of summary judgment in favor of two Rio Grande Valley irrigation project water districts who claimed that they were owed revenues under §4-I of the Reclamation Act notwithstanding a 1939 amendment to the Act. The government argued that the amendment terminat...