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Escondido Mut. Water Co. v. La Jolla Indians

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Advocates
Paul D. Engstrand (on behalf of the petitioners)
Robert S. Pelcyger (on behalf of the respondent Mission Indian Bands)
Elliott Schulder (on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior)
Jerome M. Feit (on behalf of FERC)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-2056
Petitioner: 
Escondido Mut. Water Co.
Respondent: 
La Jolla Indians
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
466 U.S. 765 (1984)
Argued: 
Monday, March 26, 1984
Decided: 
Tuesday, May 15, 1984
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Indians

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The Oyez Project, Escondido Mut. Water Co. v. La Jolla Indians , 466 U.S. 765 (1984)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_82_2056)
(last visited Monday, November 30, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Escondido Mut. Water Co., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Power

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Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White