Arbitrator caps claims Kansas can put on damages from water dispute with Nebraska
December 23, 2008
An arbitrator has handed down a
preliminary ruling that Kansas can only seek payment for the damages it actually has suffered from Nebraska's over-use of the Republican River allotment (if any can be shown), and is not eligible to place a claim on what Nebraska may have gained from the use. If arbitration fails, though, the case
could go to the US Supreme Court. The damages, in either case,
could start at $31 million.
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last revised December 2008