Klamath Tribes Say Takings Class Is Ignoring Their Senior Water Rights

(April 25, 2017, 1:09 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Klamath Tribes on April 24 filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, arguing that its water rights in the Upper Klamath Basin in Oregon are senior to all others, including the United States of America and agricultural users in a class action suit (Lonny E. Baley, et al. v. United States, et al., No. 01-592L, John Anderson Farms, Inc., et al. v. United States, No. 07-194C, Fed. Clms.)....