U.S. v. Truckee-Carson Irrigation Dist

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, AND PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Nov 14, 1983

720 F.2d 622 (9th Cir. 1983)

Opinion

Nos. 78-1115. 78-1493.

November 14, 1983.

Robert S. Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., argued for Paiute Tribe; Robert D. Stitser, Reno, Nev., on brief.

Joseph J. Brecher, Oakland, Cal., Phillip Shea, Mark, Shea Wilks, Phoenix, Ariz., Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Washington, D.C., amicus curiae.

Peter Steenland, Jr., Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

John W. Hoffman, Reno, Nev., argued for the State of Nev.; Gordon H. De Paoli, Reno, Nev., argued for Sierra Pacific; Frederick G. Girard, Sacramento, Cal., argued for Truckee-Carson Irr. Dist.; Paul W. Freitag, Sparks, Nev., Nada Novakovich, Jack I. McAuliffe, Maurice J. Sullivan, Robert L. Van Wagoner and Richard W. Blakey, Reno, Nev., M. Bryon Lewis and Frederick J. Martone, Phoenix, Ariz., Jarold M. Young, Edward Reed, Thomas J. Hall, Leslie B. Gray, Reno, Nev., on brief.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Before TUTTLE,^_ SKOPIL, and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.

_ The Honorable Elbert Parr Tuttle, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

These cases are hereby remanded to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada for further proceedings in conformity with the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in Nevada v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 103 S.Ct. 2906, 77 L.Ed.2d 509 (1983).