Nevada tribe seeks review of ruling built on Navajo Nation water case
WINDOW ROCK
A Nevada tribe is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling that relies in part on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the Navajo Nation, a case that reshaped the limits of federal responsibility for tribal water rights.
The Winnemucca Indian Colony this week petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for an en banc rehearing of a decision that dismissed its $208 million breach of trust lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The tribe argues the court wrongly applied the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Arizona v. Navajo Nation to justify the dismissal of its claims involving the diversion of existing tribal water.
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