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Winters v United States

207 U.S. 564 (1908)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year1908

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Reserved water rights doctrine; federal reservation of land impliedly reserves sufficient water for purposes of reservation; Native American water rights

Area of Law

environmental

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