FORT HALL WATER USERS ASS'N v. U.S.

No. 22163.

921 P.2d 739 (1996)

129 Idaho 39

In re: SRBA Case No. 39576. FORT HALL WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, State of Idaho, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, and Twin Falls and North Side Canal Companies, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, December 1995 Term.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simms & Stein, P.A., Hailey, for appellant. Richard A. Simms argued.

Betty H. Richardson, United States Attorney, Boise; William B. Lazarus (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent United States of America.

Hon. Alan G. Lance, Attorney General; Clive J. Strong (argued), Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent State of Idaho.

Candy L. Jackson, Fort Hall, for respondent Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.

Rosholt, Robertson & Tucker, Twin Falls, Norman M. Semanko for respondents Twin Falls and North Side Canal Companies.


SILAK, Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal of the appellant Fort Hall Water Users Association's objections to the 1990 Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Agreement for lack of standing and for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. We affirm.

I.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1985, the Idaho legislature directed the Idaho Department of Water Resources...

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