...defendants in these actions number in the thousands. The United States can be sued in State courts "for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source, or for the administration of such rights, where it appears that the United States is the owner of or is...

...USC 666a) stipulated that the United States may be joined as a defendant in any suit for the general adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source. In 1970 the Federal Government challenged the extent of the McCarran amendment contending that Section...

...adjudication of water rights in the Rio Mimbres and its tributaries. Under 43 U. 8. C. § 666 (a), "[c]onsent is given 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," including...

...government were included under the act, the Court held: "We deal with an all-inclusive statute concerning 'the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system' which in §666(a)(l) has no exceptions and which, as we read it, includes appropriative rights, riparian...

...US 564 (1908). 545 Opinion of the Court Amendment '[deals] with an all-inclusive statute concerning "the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system.'" Id., at 524. This consideration applies as well to federal water rights reserved for Indian reservations."...

...evidenced by the McCarran Amendment, 43 USC S 666 which provides in relevant parti Consent is hereby given to join the United States as a defendant in...the use of water of a river system or other source (emphasis added). The Court is not persuaded by the Federal Defendant's argument that the United States...

...United States [aa a defendant] in any suit or any administrative proceeding initiated bv a State2' (1) for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system of other source, or (2) for the administration of such rights, where it appears that the United States...

...government were included under the act, the Court held: "We deal with an all-inclusive statute concerning 'the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system' which in §666laXl| has no exceptions and which, as we read it, includes appropriative rights, riparian...

...ldaho 1928i. 242. The McCarran Amendment, 43 USC § 666 t1970l, provides in part: Consent is hereby given to join the United States as a defendant in any suit t1l for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source, or t2l for...

...of state court adjudication, in 1952 the McCarran Amendment, 43 uSC 666 (a), was enacted as follows: Consent is given to Join the United States as a defendant in any suit (11 for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a River system or other source, or (21 for...