...McCarran amendment, 66 Stat. 560, granting consent to join the United States as a defendant in any suit "for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source," is not applicable here, since all claimants to water rights along the river were not made parties,...

...1952. 29/ The McCarran Amendment waives the sovereign immunity of the United States for "adjudications of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source . . . where it appears that the United States is the owner of or is in the process of acquiring water...

...consent of the United States to be Sued in Adjudication Suits.48 The statute provides in pertinent part : "Consent is given to join the United States as a defendant...the use of water of a river system or other source, . . . where it appears that the United States is the owner of or is in the process of acquiring water...

...(1963). Section 208 of the Act of July 10, 1952, consenting to the joinder of the United States in a suit "for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system or _other source", does not apply to an action for a declaration of rights in certain drainage waters...

...Sec. 666). The McCarran Act is only one short paragraph, and, in simple language, it just says that consent is given to join the United States as a defendant in any suit to adjudicate water rights of a "river -system". The case — United States v. District Court in and...

...Sec. 606). The McCarran Act is only one short paragraph, and, in simple language, it just says that consent is given to join the United States as a defendant in any suit to adjudicate water rights of a "river system". The case — United Stute* v. District Court in and...

...USCA 666 the United States may be joined as a defendant in suits for the general adjudication of all rights to the use of water of a river system or other water source, where the United States appears to be the owner of water rights involved and is a necessary...

...which consents to joinder of the United States in certain suits for the adjudication and administration of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source, is in conflict with the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Miller v. Jennings, 243 F....

...Act of 1953. The Amendment is a simple waiver of the sovereign immunity of the United States to suits for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source. It appears in Title 43 USC 666 and reads as follows : Consent is hereby given to join the United States...

...424 US Water Div. 5, 401 US 527 (1971), held that the provisions of the McCarran Amendment, whereby "consent is ... given to join the United States as a defendant in any suit (1) for the adjudication ... or (2) for the administration of [water] rights, where it appears that the United States is the...