Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage Dist. v. United States
ELR Citation: ELR 21467 No(s). 97-16432 (9th Cir. Jul 7, 1998)
The court holds that the federal government's reallocation of excess water to a Native American tribe did not constitute a taking of irrigation districts' water rights. A 1984 federal statute directed a permanent annual supply of water to a Native American tribe and apportioned the excess water to a...