Frenchman Cambridge Irrigation District, et al. v. Heinenman, et al., No. 8:12CV445, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136733 (D. Neb. Sept. 24, 2013)

(plaintiffs (political subdivisions, farmers and other water users), challenge defendants’ (State DNR and other public officials) plan to pump groundwater presently used for crop irrigation to surface water streams to remedy alleged overuse of state’s allocation of water under Interstate Compact and deliver more water to Kansas; injunctive and declaratory relief sought; court held that plaintiffs failed to show unequivocal waiver of U.S.’ sovereign immunity and that matter comprehensive adjudication of all water rights in Republican River basin in Nebraska so as to confer jurisdiction under 43 U.S.C. Sec. 666a; complaint does not assert quiet title claim; complaint does not state cognizable claim against Federal Defendants; no jurisdiction over state defendants; case dismissed).