Kansas Federal Judge Dismisses Audubon Refuge Water Rights Case

Mealey's (November 10, 2021, 8:52 AM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas federal judge on Oct. 20 dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit by Audubon of Kansas Inc. against the U.S. Department of Interior and the Kansas Department of Agriculture because the state has immunity and because the United States has taken no final agency action with regard to water rights in a federal wildlife refuge....