Hydroelectric Power

The Ninth Circuit dismissed Deschutes River Alliance’s suit challenging the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project,which is co-operated by a utility company and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. The court found the tribe’s sovereign immunity necessitates dismissal.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit dismissed Deschutes River Alliance’s suit challenging the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric project, which is co-operated by a utility company and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. The court found the tribe’s sovereign immunity necessitates dismissal.

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