Cert Petition (Yes, Another One) in Challenge to Crow Water Settlement

Here is the petition in Crow Allottees v. Dept. of Justice:

Crow Allottees Cert Petition

Question presented:

Can the water rights owned by individual Crow Indian allottees – which this Court in United States v. Powers, 305 U.S. 527 (1939) recognized as distinct individual rights, separate from water rights possessed by the Crow Tribe – be awarded to the Crow Tribe in negotiations between the United States, the tribe, and the State of Montana?

Further, do the Montana Courts have jurisdiction to decide these questions of federal law related to allottees’ rights?

Lower court materials: briefs, Mont SCT Opinion.

Related federal court materials here.