9th Circuit: Lower Court Must Address Sovereign Immunity In Water Rights Case

(October 20, 2023, 9:07 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appels has reversed a district court’s remand of a water rights case to Nevada state court and ordered the federal trial court to address whether the United States’ sovereign immunity prohibits the plaintiffs from trying their case in state court and applying a water adjudication ruling....