TURNER v. KINGS RIVER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

No. 19426.

360 F.2d 184 (1966)

Max E. TURNER et al., Appellants, v. KINGS RIVER CONSERVATION DISTRICT et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilmer W. Morse, Sacramento, Cal., for appellants.

Barrett, Wagner & Dietrich, Richard W. Dietrich, Fresno, Cal., for Liberty Farms Mutual Water Co.

Crowe, Mitchell, Hurlbutt & Clevenger, J. Thomas Crowe, Visalla, Cal., for Alta Irrigation Dist.

William F. Docker, of Docker, Docker, Perkins & Shelton, Fresno, Cal., for Burrel Ditch Co., Kings River Conservation Dist., Liberty Canal Co., and Reed Ditch Co.

John M. Fleharty, of Fleharty, Berg & Guntner, Fresno, Cal., for Crescent Canal Co.

Walter M. Gleason, San Francisco, Cal., for Salyer Water Dist.

Denslow Green, of Green & Green, Madera, Cal., for Tranquillity Irrigation Dist.

Dan Hadsell, Berkeley, Cal., J. G. McCain, Corcoran, Cal., for Tulure Lake Basin Water Storage Dist.

Pat S. McInturff, of Hagen & McInturff, Hanford, Cal., for John Heinten Mutual Water Co.

Charles W. Jennings, Lemoore, Cal., for Laguna Irrigation Dist., Empire West Side Irrigation Dist., Riverdale Irrigation Dist., Liberty Mill Race Co., Stratford Irrigation Dist., and Clarks Fork Reclamation Dist. No. 2069.

J. G. McCain, Corcoran, Cal., for J. G. Boswell Co., Corcoran Irrigation Co., Peoples Ditch Co., Southeast Lake Water Co., and Tulare Lake Canal Co.

William M. Miles, of Miles, Sears & Franson, Fresno, Cal., for Consolidated Irrigation Dist. and Kings River Water Dist.

Richard H. Peterson, F. T. Searls, W. B. Kuder, John B. Gibson, San Francisco, Cal., for Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Robert R. Rosson, of Rosson & Pearson, Hanford, Cal., Walter M. Gleason, San Francisco, Cal., for Lemoore Canal & Irrigation Co.

Rowell, Lamberson & Thomas, Breckinridge Thomas, Fresno, Cal., for Kings River Water Ass'n.

Richard L. Shepard, of Savage & Shepard, Fresno, Cal., for Stinson Canal & Irrigation Co., James Irrigation Dist., and Dick Lovelace.

Stammer, McKnight, Barnum, Bailey & Barnett, Galen McKnight, Fresno, Cal., for Fresno Irrigation Dist.

Lyman Griswold, of Walch, Griswold, Braden & Dittman, Hanford, Cal., for Last Chance Water Ditch Co.

Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, David R. Warner, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees Arthur R. Frye, Jr., Robert E. Mathe, Alfred E. Plummer, and R. J. Pafford, Jr.

Before HAMLIN, BROWNING, and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

This litigation arises out of the operation of the Pine Flat dam and reservoir, built by the United States on the Kings River in California pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 901. Plaintiffs, appellants here, claim rights under state law to use Kings River water on their riparian and overlying lands. Four of the defendant-appellees are employees of the Bureau of Reclamation and Corps of Engineers and are responsible for storing...

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