Best Best & Krieger LLP attorneys successfully defended a lawsuit filed by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians against two water agencies by showing the tribe lacked standing to pursue federal claims involving...more
In a major win affecting counties and local taxing entities throughout California, Best Best & Krieger LLP attorneys Roderick E. Walston and Steven G. Martin helped secure a federal court ruling that possessory interests held...more
A case currently pending in the Ninth Circuit raises a significant and novel issue of western water law. The case addresses whether the public trust doctrine can authorize modification of a water rights decree and...more
The California appellate courts will soon be called on to decide an important and novel issue of California water law: whether the public trust doctrine applies to groundwater. The public trust doctrine holds that the state...more
Injunction Applies Only to 13 States That Are Parties to the Case
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson in Fargo, N.D. issued a temporary injunction requested by North Dakota and 12 other states prohibiting the...more
The California Supreme Court is currently considering a petition that raises an important and novel issue of California water law: whether the public trust doctrine applies to groundwater. The public trust doctrine holds that...more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on August 8, 2013, that elevated pollutant levels in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers represent a violation of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit...more