THIS USA SUPREME COURT CASE WAS DECIDED AGAINST THE NAVAJO NATION ON JUNE 22, 2023

• 5 to 4 in favor of Arizona and intervenors (feds and states), which reverses the decision of the USA Appeals Court.
• Majority opinion. By Brett Kavanaugh.
• Concurrence to majority opinion. By Clarence Thomas.
• Minority opinion. By Neil Gorsuch.

• 2023 - From the ground up: A different look at the Law of the River. Margaret Vick at CRUWA Convention.

NEWS: US Supreme Court Decision

• Biden triumphs over tribe in Colorado River fight. E&E.
• Navajo Nation statement on SCOTUS decision. Navajo Nation.
• Neil Gorsuch speaks up for native americans. Gary Beatty for Pagosa Daily Post.
• Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River case. The Hill.

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NEWS: From Appeals Court to Supreme Court

• SCOTUS Grants Review of Water Rights for Native Americans. Amy Howe for scotusblog.com.
• The very bad math behind the Colorado River crisis. By Daniel Penner for Grist..
• Crisis on the Colorado: The Indigenous fight for water rights. By Megan O'Toole and Jillian Kestler-D'Amours for Aljazeera.
• Tribal rights, water rights, states' rights and the Colorado River: What's at stake in SCOTUS case AZ v NN. Rita Maquire and Nicole Klobas for American Bar Association.

THE ATTORNEYS

• A iist of the attorneys. txt.

• 2021 - Decision of the Appeals Court by Judge Gould which affirmed the Navajo Complaint
• 2021 - Opinion of the Appeals Court
• 2022 - Appendices 01 Court of Appeals
• 2022 - Appendices 02 Court of Appeals

SUPREME COURT BRIEFS

• 2022.06 - Extension Solicitor General
• 2022.06 - Feds Request Extention Writ of Certiorari
• 2022.06 - Waiver Attorney General AZ
• 2022.06 - Waiver Walker
• 2022.07 - Brief Federal
• 2022.07 - Extension Request Navajo Nation
• 2022.07 - Memo Federal Respondents
• 2022.09 - Brief Navajo Nation
• 2022.09 - Brief Opposition Navajo Nation
• 2022.09 - Brief States Intervenors
• 2022.10 - Brief Feds Reply
• 2022.10 - Brief States Reply to Federal Memo and Navajo Response
• 2022.11 - Question Presented is Granted by SCOTUS
• 2022.12 - Brief Colorado Merits
• 2022.12 - Brief Federal Parties
• 2022.12 - Brief Intervenors
• 2022.12 - Brief State Petitioners
• 2022.12 - Merits Extension Request
• 2023.02 - Brief Merits Navajo Nation
• 2023.02 - Motion Divided Argument Solicitor General

AMICUS BRIEFS

• 2023 - Citizens Equal Rights Foundation
• 2023 - Coalition of Large Tribes
• 2023 - Dig Deep Utah Tribal Relief Foundatiion
• 2023 - Dine Hataalii Association
• 2023 - Historians
• 2023 - Indian Organizations
• 2023 - Law Professors
• 2023 - Professors McCool, Rosser and Wilkins
• 2023 - Southern and Mountain Ute Indian Tribes
• 2023 - Uintah Ouray Ute Tribe
• 2023 - Western Water Users