Casino won't be able to pump water - 2004-02-22
The Timbisha Shoshone tribe will have no authority to pump its own water if a casino is constructed within the city limits, according to a legal opinion by a city water rights attorney.
The tribe, which wants to build 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.
Anti-casino advocates have argued an independent nation, which the casino may become if authorized by the federal government, will have superior water rights over the city.
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