United States v. Oregon

ELR Citation: ELR 20531
No(s). s. 92-36983 et al (9th Cir. Dec 28, 1994)

The court holds that the McCarran Amendment waives U.S. sovereign immunity to an adjudication of water rights in Oregon's Klamath River Basin that involves administrative and judicial determinations. The McCarran Amendment consents to the joinder of the United States as a defendant in any suit for t...