Texas, Plaintiff v. New Mexico and Colorado
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March 20, 2024
Justices Ask How Texas, NM Can Cut Water Deal Without Feds
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday questioned whether Texas, New Mexico and Colorado can settle their dispute over Rio Grande water rights without the approval of the federal government — which is arguing the deal could leave the water systems in those states high and dry.
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March 16, 2024
Up Next At High Court: Gov't Jawboning & Retaliatory Arrests
The U.S. Supreme Court has a packed oral arguments calendar this week that includes disputes over the Biden administration's work with social media companies to combat misinformation, the appropriate evidence standard for bringing retaliatory arrest claims and whether the federal government can object to a consent decree entered into by three states.
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January 23, 2024
States Fear For Rights As Feds Press High Court Water War
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to consider whether the federal government was inappropriately excluded from a Rio Grande water sharing agreement between Texas, New Mexico and Colorado raises novel questions about the United States' interests and role in such interstate deals, an important issue as water concerns increase across the nation.
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January 22, 2024
Justices To Consider If Feds Can Stop Rio Grande Water Deal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the federal government has the authority to scuttle a Rio Grande water sharing agreement between Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.
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January 04, 2024
Feds Defend Right To Sink States' Rio Grande Water Deal
The U.S. government told the nation's top court that approval of a proposed arrangement to settle long-running Rio Grande water disputes between Texas, New Mexico and Colorado would improperly extinguish its claims against one of the states, impose new burdens and overstep their original compact.
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December 12, 2023
23 States Tell Justices US Can't Sink Rio Grande Deal
About half the states in the nation — a mix of red and blue — are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to smack down the federal government's attempt to scuttle a Rio Grande water sharing agreement between Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.
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December 05, 2023
States Ask Justices To Ignore US Objections To Water Deal
Texas, New Mexico and Colorado are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the federal government's objections to a proposed consent decree that resolves a long-running dispute over Lower Rio Grande water resources.
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October 10, 2023
US Says It Didn't Agree To Texas-NM Rio Grande Settlement
The federal government has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a proposed settlement among Texas, New Mexico and Colorado over Rio Grande resources, writing that the trio of states entered into the agreement without the consent of the United States.
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November 03, 2022
Texas, NM Reach Agreement In Decadelong Rio Grande Fight
Texas' top lawyer said Thursday that the state had reached an agreement with New Mexico and Colorado over Rio Grande resources following a nearly decadelong court battle.
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May 23, 2018
NM Hits Back At Texas, Feds In High Court Water-Sharing Row
New Mexico fired back Wednesday in a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit in which Texas and the federal government accuse it of violating a Rio Grande water-sharing deal by allowing its residents to siphon off more than their share of the water before it gets delivered to Texas.