Ak-Chin Indian Community v. Central Arizona Water Conservation District

  1. March 27, 2019

    Ariz. Agency Ordered To Deliver Ak-Chin Tribe Disputed Water

    The Central Arizona Water Conservation District must deliver up to 10,000 acre-feet of additional Colorado River water to the Ak-Chin Indian Community any year there is sufficient water to do so, an Arizona federal judge has ruled.

  2. August 13, 2018

    Ariz. Agency Wants Quick Win In Water Rights Row

    An Arizona water district has moved for a quick win in a dispute over the district's alleged obligations to deliver excess water supply to the Ak-Chin Indian Community, urging a federal court to reject quick win bids filed by the tribe itself and the federal government.

  3. January 16, 2018

    Feds Immune To Claim In Ariz. Tribal Water Row, Judge Says

    A federal judge on Friday granted the federal government's bid to toss an Arizona water district's claim against it in a dispute over the district's obligations to deliver excess water supply to the Ak-Chin Indian Community, finding the court didn't have jurisdiction to hear the claim.

  4. October 12, 2017

    Ariz. Agency Says Gov't Must Face Tribal Water Row

    The Central Arizona Water Conservation District told a federal court on Wednesday that the federal government must face its claims in a dispute over its obligations to deliver excess water supply to the Ak-Chin Indian Community, arguing that the government had waived its sovereign immunity under the law.

  5. July 21, 2017

    Gov't Says Ariz. Agency Can't Sue In Tribal Water Row

    The federal government on Thursday urged a federal judge to throw out a complaint against it from an Arizona water district in an Ak-Chin Indian Community suit accusing the district of refusing to deliver all of the water to which the tribe is entitled to its reservation, saying that its sovereign immunity was never waived. 

  6. June 27, 2017

    Arizona Tribe Wants Injunction In Water Rights Row

    The Ak-Chin Indian Community on Tuesday urged an Arizona federal judge to force an Arizona water conservation district it is suing to deliver the full amount of water ordered to be delivered to the tribe in 2018 by the federal government while its water rights dispute plays out in court.

  7. March 29, 2017

    Ariz. Tribe Accuses Authority Of Denying Water Rights

    The Ak-Chin Indian Community accused the Central Arizona Water Conservation District in federal court Tuesday of refusing to deliver all of the water to which the tribe is entitled to its reservation, kicking off a dispute about its water rights under deals with the federal government.

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