July 17, 2017
A New Mexico federal judge issued a final judgment Friday on a water rights deal between the state, four pueblos and the city and county of Santa Fe, closing out a suit that had run for more than five decades.
May 10, 2017
A New Mexico federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid to clarify a water rights settlement between the state of New Mexico, four pueblos and the city and county of Santa Fe, saying that the parties have agreed on a way to clear up issues that have come from the drafting of rules required by the deal.
January 10, 2017
A Tenth Circuit panel refused Monday to hear an appeal from a group of objectors over a district judge's approval of a water rights settlement between the state of New Mexico, four pueblos and the city and county of Santa Fe, finding that the approval was not a final judgment.
September 09, 2016
A New Mexico federal judge on Friday shut down hundreds of objectors to his approval of a water rights settlement between the state, four New Mexico pueblos and the city and county of Santa Fe, saying the settlement doesn't need separate legislative approval.
April 19, 2016
Hundreds of objectors urged a New Mexico federal judge on Monday to reverse his approval of a water rights settlement between the state, four tribes and the city and county of Santa Fe, saying the deal amounted to making law without legislative approval.
April 12, 2016
A New Mexico federal judge on Tuesday chastised an attorney for the state government for failing to appear at a meeting over a long-negotiated water rights settlement between four Native American pueblos, the state and federal governments and the city of Santa Fe.
March 22, 2016
A New Mexico federal judge on Monday granted final approval of a hard-won water rights settlement between the state government, the city of Santa Fe and four Pueblo tribes, overruling about 800 objections to the deal and calling the settlement fair, reasonable and adequate.
November 04, 2015
Four New Mexico pueblos, the federal government and local parties are working hard to meet a deadline in a complex water rights settlement, a deal that promised to resolve decadeslong litigation but could unravel if a raft of requirements aren't met in time.