Federal judge rejects much of Ute Tribe’s water-rights lawsuit
The D.C. judge order that four of the remaining 16 causes of action, be transferred to the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City.
(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) The confluence of the Green River, left, and Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park. A federal judge has dismissed much of the Ute Indian Tribe’s lawsuit over the federal government’s handling of the tribal water rights