Judge wants quick, thrifty solution to tribal water rights case

 
The Associated Press
Published: November 4, 2011

A federal judge said Thursday he wants a quick and inexpensive resolution to a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma over tribal water rights.

U.S. District Judge Lee West convened an informal status conference of about two dozen attorneys, tribal and state leaders and officials from Oklahoma City and asked them to submit a list of mediators who might help resolve a lawsuit filed by the Chickasaw and Choctaw ...


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