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Indian Water Rights In Theory And Practice: Navajo Experience In The Colorado River Basin, Monroe E. Price, Gary D. Weatherford
Indian Water Rights In Theory And Practice: Navajo Experience In The Colorado River Basin, Monroe E. Price, Gary D. Weatherford
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Although Indian water rights are of critical economic importance, the nature and scope of these rights remain unclear. The Supreme Court has addressed itself to the issue infrequently, and most commentators have limited their discussions to an exegesis of the appellate arguments rather than engage in an analysis of the broader nature and context of these rights. Reservation water rights are of a very special nature: A right to water does not necessarily include a right to the capital investment necessary to realize the economic benefit of an entitlement, and limits on the uses of the water may be at …
Juvenile Courts And Privileged Communications, Evans Holbrook
Juvenile Courts And Privileged Communications, Evans Holbrook
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In the case of Lindsey v. People, (Colo., 1919) 181 Pac. 531, the Supreme Court of Colorado has held that Judge Lindsey of the Juvenile Court of Denver could not refuse to testify as to a communication made to him by a child who was at the time of the communication suspected of crime and against whom proceedings were later taken in the Juvenile Court. The decision was by a vote of four to three, and a vigorous dissenting opinion was written by Justice Bailey and concurred in by Justices Scott and Allen.