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Water Rights Law - Peterson V. Department Of The Interior: Are Contract Rights Ever Property Rights Under The Reclamation Reform Act?, Charlotte Robertson
Water Rights Law - Peterson V. Department Of The Interior: Are Contract Rights Ever Property Rights Under The Reclamation Reform Act?, Charlotte Robertson
Golden Gate University Law Review
In Peterson v. Department of the Interior the Ninth Circuit held that section 203(b) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), a comprehensive amendment of the Federal Reclamation Act, did not unconstitutionally take the property of state Water Districts in California's Central Valley without due process or compensation. The court found that pre-existing water delivery contracts with the Bureau of Reclamation did not confer a constitutionally protectable right to receive federally subsidized water upon the Water Districts. In Peterson, the first ruling by any circuit court on a direct challenge to the RRA, the Ninth Circuit examined the retroactive …
Federal Jurisdiction, Williamson B.C. Chang
Federal Jurisdiction, Williamson B.C. Chang
Golden Gate University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Indian Law, Margaret Crow
Indian Law, Mark R. Peterson, May Lee Tong
Indian Law, Mark R. Peterson, May Lee Tong
Golden Gate University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Indian Law, Jeffrey A. Titus