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New Cert Petition: Are Water Rights “Property?”

Posted on October 1, 2025

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Here’s a cert petition in a case we’ve been following.

This is a water fight in California, and it asks a fundamental question: is the right to beneficial use of water a property right? The Federal Circuit held no, the federal government possesses that right, not these owners.

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