Affiliated Ute Citizens of the State of Utah

CALVIN C. HACKFORD, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; PERRY BAKER, Superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation; WILLIAM CHRISTENSEN, Lake Fork and Uintah River Commissioner; BART BENNION, Project Engineer, Uintah Irrigation Project, United States Department of the Interior, Defendants–Appellees. Ruling Overview The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal, holding that Calvin C. Hackford lacked standing to sue regarding his interest in the Uintah Irrigation Project and water rights. 1. Standing Under the Ute Partition and Termination Act The court concluded that although Hackford, as a mixed-blood member of the Ute Tribe, had a “right of user” to irrigation water under the Partition Act (25 U.S.C. §§ 677–677aa), this right was tribal in nature and subject to collective regulation—not an individual ownership interest. As a result, Hackford could not insist on personal management control o...

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