WSP11122

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Title: OPINION - Colorado River Salinity Problem - Submitted to His Excellency - Honorable Antonio Carillo Flores - Ambassador of Mexico
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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PART Two Page
I. Rights of Injured Landowners ................, 55
A. Underthe 1944 Treaty. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . " 55
1. Interpretation of Treaties in United States
Courts .................................. 55

2. Whether the 1944 Treaty Confers Rights En-
forceable by Individuals .................. 56

B. Under State Law. . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 59

1. Proper Law ............................. 59

2. Arizona Law ............................ 61

O. Under Federal Law. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. ... . . . . " 66
1. Applicability of the United States Oonstitu-
tion ..................................... 67

2. Compensable Takings Under the Fifth
Amendment ............................. 69

D. .Oonclusion ..............................,. 73

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II. Remedies of Injured Landowners............:.. 74
A. Against the United States .................. 74
1. Federal Tort Claims Act . .. . ; . .. .. . .. .. ... 74

2. Tucker Act .............................. 79

3. Other Remedies Against the United States .. 81
B. Against Officers of the United States. . . . . . . .. 81

1. Damages ................................ 81

2. Injunctive Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '.' 82

C. Against the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and
Drainag'e District .......................... 82

D. Conclusion ................................ 88

PART THREE
Suggested Course ................................. 89

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