UTE INDIAN TRIBE OF UINTAH AND OURAY v. USDI

Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-00547 (CJN).

560 F.Supp.3d 247 (2021)

UTE INDIAN TRIBE OF the UINTAH AND OURAY RESERVATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed September 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances C. Bassett , Pro Hac Vice, Jeremy J. Patterson , Pro Hac Vice, Joanne Harmon Curry , Pro Hac Vice, Michael W. Holditch , Pro Hac Vice, Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Thomas W. Fredericks , Pro Hac Vice, Fredericks Peebles & Patterson LLP, Louisville, CO, Rollie Wilson , Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Brigman Lee Harman , Sally J. Sullivan , Kristofor R. Swanson , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants Deb Haaland, United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Brook McCarrick , Scott D. Cheney , Utah Attorney General's Office, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants Spencer Cox, Teresa Whilhelmsen.

Sally J. Sullivan , Kristofor R. Swanson , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant David Bernhardt.

Daniel Sage Ward , Ward & Berry, PLLC, Tysons, VA, Edwin Barnes , Pro Hac Vice, Timothy R. Pack , Pro Hac Vice, Clyde Snow & Sessions, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant Utah Water Conservancy District.

Brook McCarrick , Norman K. Johnson , Utah Attorney General's Office, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant State of Utah.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

This litigation concerns a century-old dispute about water rights. The Ute Indian Tribe brings sixteen claims against various federal and state Defendants for alleged mismanagement of water-development...

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