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April 1, 2021: Klamath Irrigation District v U.S. Bureau of Reclamations, Hoopa Valley and Klamath Tribes

This case concerns an issue of great importance to virtually every state in the Western U.S.: how a water rights holder may enforce its rights against other parties who are appropriating that right unlawfully. The District Court’s holding below establishes that, for a significant number of water rights holders, they simply may not enforce those rights

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