9th Circuit Declines En Banc Rehearing Requests In Navajo Water Rights Case

Mealey's (February 18, 2022, 1:17 PM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 17 denied two petitions for rehearing en banc for the court’s reversal and remand after finding that a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decree establishing water rights to the Colorado River does not strip a federal court of jurisdiction to decide the Navajo Nation’s breach of trust claim against the Department of the Interior (DOI) for allegedly mismanaging the tribe’s water resources....