April 18, 2017
An Arizona federal judge dismissed claims Tuesday against groundwater well owners in a suit brought by the Havasupai Tribe over the owners' allegedly illegal depletion of an aquifer that provides water to the tribe, saying the case can only go forward if the federal government intervenes in the suit.
April 11, 2017
The Havasupai Tribe will drop its claims against one of several private well owners accused of illegally depleting an aquifer that provides water to the tribe after the owner agreed to comply with certain withdrawal and drilling regulations, according to court documents filed in Arizona federal court Monday.
March 14, 2017
The Havasupai Tribe told a federal judge Monday that there is no conflict between its suit accusing groundwater well owners of illegally depleting an Arizona aquifer that provides water to the tribe and a recent Ninth Circuit decision affirming a lower court's ruling extending another tribe's water rights to groundwater in the Coachella Valley.
February 22, 2017
Arizona groundwater well owners further urged an Arizona federal judge in several briefs Tuesday to toss a suit by the Havasupai Tribe accusing them of illegally depleting an aquifer that provides water to the tribe, with some saying the suit is unprecedented and can't proceed.
February 07, 2017
The Havasupai Tribe urged an Arizona federal judge Monday not to toss its suit accusing Arizona groundwater well owners of illegally depleting an aquifer that provides water to the tribe, saying it has adequately stated a federal common law claim alleging unlawful interference with its water rights.
January 04, 2017
Arizona groundwater well owners urged a federal judge Tuesday to toss a suit accusing them of illegally depleting an aquifer that provides water to the Havasupai Tribe, saying the tribe should negotiate its water rights instead of targeting private well owners.
December 06, 2016
The Havasupai Tribe on Monday sued several groundwater well owners for illegally depleting an aquifer that provides water to the tribe.