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By Todd Williams and Darien Key In The Ohio House, LLC v. City of Costa Mesa the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a U.S.…
By Lauren J. Caster and Derek Hoffman The First District Court of Appeal, in a partially published opinion, has affirmed a trial court’s rejection of…
By Taylor Strain and Austin C. Cho On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)…
By John Sittler The Colorado Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the standards for which an Applicant must prove “no-injury” to vested water rights when applying for…
By Evan Klouse and Micheline Nadeau Fairbank At the end of May 2025, the Nevada Legislature voted to approve a new statewide voluntary water rights…
[THE SUPREME COURT'S MAJORITY OPINION IN SUMMARY AND EXCERPT] An 1868 peace treaty between the United States and the Navajo Tribe established the Navajo Reservation…
By Andrew J. Waldera After executing a settlement agreement and mitigation plan in 2015, surface water users, groundwater users, and the State of Idaho are again…
By Bridget McDonald In an opinion published on January 19, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal in City of Oxnard v. Starr held that…
By Miles Krieger and Steve Anderson The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) released its default flow schedule for releases from Friant Dam on the San…
By Darien Key and Derek Hoffman The California Legislature recently introduced two bills, Assembly Bill 460 and Senate Bill 389, aimed at modifying administrative processes…
