WSP08316

• File Number: 8210.140.20
• Description: Colorado River Basin Organizations and Entities - Colorado River Basin States Forum - California
• State: CA
• Basin: Western Slope
• Date: 1/1/1976
• Author: Myron B Holburt
• Title: Annual Report for the Calendar Year 1975
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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Dlstnct to enjoin funher construction
on the Bonneville Unit of the Cen(ral
Utdh Project. In this case, I..nown .1<,
IVop<,o<( t'(a/v. Fflzzel era!. the
plaintiff.. are attempting to ha\€ the
(oun sel aside an i1grff'ment which
the Tribe {').{>(uted on September 30,
1%5, which provldt"Cl for deit'rro:ll of
irrigation on 15.242 acre... of irrigable
Idnd on the Reserv<ltion until
dt'velopmenl of the ultimate pha,;€' of
the (('ntral Utah Project or ),muMv
2005, whichever occurs iir..t. The
Tribe is not in favor of the laWSUit and
had recently adopted a resolution
supporting the 191.>5 agreement.

United Stale.;, LAkin

In a Slate of Colorado water rights
case, United Stdft'5 v. AAin. COlorddo
is actively involved in st.'veral laWSUits

Waler skiing along Colorado RIVet

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concerning the clilims of the Uniled
Sldl~ for reserved water rights. While
mu,>' oj (hi., Iltig.uion is proceeding
through slate courts, the United State..
duempled to use the federal courts to
.J.djudlcate n'ndln claim.. (lncludmg
both appropriallve and reserved water
rights) in regard to numt"rou,>
re'>ervalions of iederalland in
,,()ulh.....e.,lern Colorado. includinR h..'o
Indian resf'rVdtlOns.
In lale 1974, the Attornev Cenerdl of
Cotora.do senl leners 10 the Colorddo
RI\er Bo.ud and the Caliiornia Al1orne\
General urging Caliiornia to join with
the western states and (priam other
stdles as dmicus curiae in support of the
State of Colorddo\ petition iar a writ of
certiordri.
Becau,>e the issues Involved in this
case could al'>O affect California, tht.
California Attorney Cl:'neral's office In
early 1975 authorized tht, Color,ldo
Attorney Cl'nt'ralto include California
as amicus curiae. Thl:' case was still

pending at the clos€' of 1975.

San lu,1n Ril,er ~Vdter Righl5

In October 1975, the United Statl:'s
DistriO Court, Dislrict of f\;e\\
Me....lco. entered .an order in the case
SfJ(e al "el\ ;\!e~ico \is. United
S(.lff'5 of America. The case is a
gt'nerill adjudication of the San Juan
Rivt'r and tributaries in [\;ew Mexico,
and include., the c1.:1im., of three
Indidn Tribes. The Statl:' filed the
.action in a Sldtt' Court, but the United
Stales rt'mow-d the Indian Cd.,e to
Federdl Court and a.rgued thaI the
Stdte Court IdCh'd Jurisdiction OVl:'r
Indidn c1.aim~. However. lht' Di.,trict
Court held thdt the Unitt>d State., WdS
properlv before the Sldtt' Court in its
capacity as trustee over Indian Iilnd....
thilt the removdl was dn error, dnd
thdt Iht' case .,hould be rem.lnded 10
the Stdtl:' Court.

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