High Court Passes On Water Rights Dispute Between Washington Tribes, Ranchers

Mealey's (March 21, 2022, 10:52 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 21 took the advice of the federal government and denied review of a challenge by ranchers to Native American control over water rights in which the government argued that federal law and court precedents recognize that tribes have sovereign power to control their own lands and waters....