ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20224
No(s). 18-2164 and 18-2167 (10th Cir. Sep 29, 2020)

The Tenth Circuit held, 2-1, that a sovereign must affirmatively act to extinguish aboriginal water rights in a lawsuit concerning water rights of the Pueblos of Jemez, Santa Ana, and Zia in the Jemez River Basin in New Mexico. The district court had concluded that the Pueblos' water rights were ext...