Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation v. McKee et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:18-cv-00314

Court:

Utah

Nature of Suit:

Real Property: Other

Judge:

Howard C. Nielson, Jr

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Government Agencies

  1. April 29, 2022

    Ute Tribe Loses 10th Circ. Bid To Overturn Water Theft Ruling

    The Tenth Circuit has rejected the Ute Indian Tribe's appeal in its irrigation-water case against a non-Indian farm and cattle feedlot operator over his alleged theft of tribal water, saying a lower court correctly tossed the suit after finding that it couldn't enforce a judgment that a tribal court had no jurisdiction to issue.

  2. May 17, 2019

    Ute Tribe Seeks OK Of Tribal Water Theft Ruling

    The Ute Indian Tribe has urged a Utah federal judge to recognize and enforce a nearly $150,000 tribal court judgment stemming from the alleged theft of tribal water, saying the U.S. court should respect the tribal body's decision. 

  3. October 10, 2018

    Ute Tribe Seeks Judge's Recusal In Tribal Water Theft Suit

    The Ute Indian Tribe moved Tuesday to disqualify a Utah federal judge from its suit seeking to confirm a nearly $150,000 tribal court judgment stemming from the alleged theft of tribal water, saying the jurist has consistently shown bias against the tribe and hostility toward the tenets of federal Indian law and policy.

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