In an action seeking a declaration that plaintiffs possessed certain water rights, dismissal of the action for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed where defendants did not waive immunity from suit and were thus entitled to sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.
Read Wagoner Cty. Rural Water Dist. No. 2 v. Grand River Dam Auth., No. 08-5120
Appellate Information
Filed August 24, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Tacha
Counsel
For Appellants:
C. Matthew Bickell, Doyle Harris Davis & Haughey, Tulsa, OK
For Appellees:
James M. Reed, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, OK
Kathryn E. Kovacs, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environmental& Natural Resources Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC
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