Professor Shelley Saxer, "An Essay on Pueblo Water Rights" -- Western Legal Society

Professor Shelley Ross Saxer's article, "An Essay on Pueblo Water Rights," is published in Western Legal History, a publication of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society.  The article explores how the pueblo water rights doctrine has been used, or not, in the Western states dealing with municipal water rights and discusses the ongoing controversy over the historical validity of this doctrine.

Excerpt from "An Essay on Pueblo Water Rights"

The Colorado River crisis does not disturb the pueblo water rights doctrine adopted by California and retained as a matter of stare decisis and reliance interests. Given California’s temporary respite from drought conditions following one of the wettest winters on record in 2023, the lack of political and individual resolve to deal with California’s obscure water rights system may delay any meaningful reform.

The complete article may be found at Westen Legal History