Attorney: Casino can't pump water - 2004-02-22
The Timbisha Shoshone tribe will have no authority to pump its own water if a casino is constructed inside the city limits, according to a legal opinion by a city water rights attorney.
The tribe, which hopes to construct a casino in Hesperia, will have no special rights to the city's water supply, according to Robert Dougherty, a lawyer with Covington & Crowe, which represents Hesperia. Dougherty successfully represented the California Farm Bureau in its fight to protect farmers' water from being taken by cities without payment.
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