Arizona v. Navajo Nation: The 2023 Ruling That Moved the Fight Over Colorado River Water From the Courthouse to Congress

The case name matters, and so does what the Court did not decide The case is Arizona v. Navajo Nation, not Navajo Nation v. Arizona. That inversion is not pedantry. Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado intervened against the Tribe to protect their Colorado River interests; the United States was a petitioner in a companion case, Department