http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_us/rancher_water_rights]Nev. rancher awarded $4.2M for 'taken' water right (AP)[/URL]



AP - A judge awarded more than $4.2 million to a late Nevada rancher's estate after finding that the U.S. Forest Service engaged in an unconstitutional "taking" of water rights out of hostility to the rancher, a property rights activist.