Add to ORKGCappaert v. United States is the latest in a long line of cases dealing with the implied reservation of water rights doctrine. This doctrine, also known as the Winters doctrine because it originated in Winters v. United States, says that when the United States government reserves land, it also reserves enough water to accomplish its purposes. In substance, the doctrine means that when water is needed to accomplish the purpose of a reservation, the federal government can take without compensation whatever amount of unappropriated water existed on the date the reservation was established. Cappaert involved an attempt by the Supreme Court to clarify the issues and questions that have arisen from the implied reservation of water rights doctrin...
Do Indians have a right to water on their reservations? An answer to such a question seems obvious. ...
The general water policy applicable to unappropriated land within Washington Territory was that of p...
In Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Coachella Valley Water Dist., the Ninth Circuit upheld ...
Most American Indian rights to water trace their origins to 19th century treaty negotiations with th...
The judicially created federal reserved rights doctrine provides that when the federal government wi...
Summary of Contents Introduction I. The Historical Setting, Origin, and Scope of the Winters Doctrin...
A single, century-old court decision affects the water rights of nearly everyone in the West. The Su...
In 1976, the United States Supreme Court decided Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Unite...
The Winters Doctrine of federally reserved water rights applies to groundwater and water quality. Be...
Winters Doctrine Rights Keystone of National Programs for Western Land and Water Conservation and Ut...
Western Water and the Reservation Theory - The Need for a Water Rights Settlement Ac
The reserved water rights doctrine is — and always has been — a controversial doctrine in Western wa...
18 p. ; 28 cmhttps://scholar.law.colorado.edu/books_reports_studies/1081/thumbnail.jp
The issue of Indian water rights has received very thorough and scholarly attention over the past tw...
Although federal policy shifted from assimilation to pro-tribal positions, the federal courts have q...
Do Indians have a right to water on their reservations? An answer to such a question seems obvious. ...
The general water policy applicable to unappropriated land within Washington Territory was that of p...
In Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Coachella Valley Water Dist., the Ninth Circuit upheld ...
Most American Indian rights to water trace their origins to 19th century treaty negotiations with th...
The judicially created federal reserved rights doctrine provides that when the federal government wi...
Summary of Contents Introduction I. The Historical Setting, Origin, and Scope of the Winters Doctrin...
A single, century-old court decision affects the water rights of nearly everyone in the West. The Su...
In 1976, the United States Supreme Court decided Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Unite...
The Winters Doctrine of federally reserved water rights applies to groundwater and water quality. Be...
Winters Doctrine Rights Keystone of National Programs for Western Land and Water Conservation and Ut...
Western Water and the Reservation Theory - The Need for a Water Rights Settlement Ac
The reserved water rights doctrine is — and always has been — a controversial doctrine in Western wa...
18 p. ; 28 cmhttps://scholar.law.colorado.edu/books_reports_studies/1081/thumbnail.jp
The issue of Indian water rights has received very thorough and scholarly attention over the past tw...
Although federal policy shifted from assimilation to pro-tribal positions, the federal courts have q...
Do Indians have a right to water on their reservations? An answer to such a question seems obvious. ...
The general water policy applicable to unappropriated land within Washington Territory was that of p...
In Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Coachella Valley Water Dist., the Ninth Circuit upheld ...