Montana Water Court Holds Blackfeet Water Rights Extinguished in Diminished Portion of Reservation

This story was filed on September 26, 2012

Here is the opinion in … oh, we’ll call it Johns v. United States. An excerpt: Under the particular and complicated facts of this case, there is no practical benefit to placing issue remarks on Claimants’Â water rights stating that … Continue reading →read more

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