September 23, 2021
The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation announced Thursday that it plans to appeal a D.C. federal judge's dismissal of its lawsuit claiming the federal government flouted tribal rights for water development projects.
September 16, 2021
The Ute Indian Tribe's allegations of tribal water reserve mismanagement by the federal government were raised too late and in the wrong court, a D.C. judge ruled on Wednesday.
February 06, 2020
Utah has the go-ahead to step into the Ute Indian Tribe's suit over the U.S. Department of the Interior's alleged mismanagement of the tribe's water rights.
April 30, 2019
The Ute Indian Tribe has urged a D.C. federal judge to rebuff the U.S. Department of the Interior's bid to exit the tribe's suit over the alleged mismanagement of its water rights, saying the DOI can't rely on sovereign immunity to avoid the tribe's claims.
March 25, 2019
The Department of the Interior has urged a D.C. federal judge to toss the Ute Indian Tribe’s suit over the department’s alleged mismanagement of its water rights, saying the DOI is immune to many of the claims and doesn’t have a trust duty to quantify tribal water rights.