U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Agua Caliente Groundwater Case

Originally post in Journal of Water, Winter 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will not review the appellate court’s decision in the Agua Caliente Tribe’s lawsuit against Coachella Valley Water District (“CVWD”) and Desert Water Agency (“DWA”). By denying the petition for certiorari, the Supreme Court leaves in place the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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