July 01, 2015
A Montana federal judge on Tuesday ruled that members of the Crow Nation can't sue the federal government for allegedly denying them a fair share of water rights on the tribe's reservation, concluding that the government hadn't waived its sovereign immunity.
June 05, 2015
Two Montana Water Court judges on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss them from a suit alleging the U.S. Department of the Interior denied members of the Crow Nation a fair share of water rights on the tribe's reservation, saying they already approved a compact the members sought to stop.
April 27, 2015
The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday again urged a Montana federal judge to toss a complaint accusing it of denying members of the Crow Nation a fair share of water rights on the tribe's reservation, arguing the government didn't take away those rights but is holding them in trust for the tribe and its members.
March 23, 2015
Members of the Crow Nation asked a Montana federal judge Friday to reject the U.S. Department of the Interior's bid to nix a complaint accusing the agency of denying them a fair share of water rights on the tribe's reservation, arguing the government failed to show their claims weren't plausible on their face.