UNITED STATES v. GOSSETT

Nos. 23162, 23163.

416 F.2d 565 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claude S. GOSSETT et ux., Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles D. WILLIAMS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

September 11, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Harless, Phoenix, Ariz., for Gossett only.

Robert A. Stafford, Claremont, Cal. (argued), for Gossett & Williams.

Edmund B. Clark (argued), Glen E. Taylor, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr., U. S. Atty., Thomas H. Coleman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen., Jay L. Shavelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Warren J. Abbot, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before MERRILL and ELY, Circuit Judges, and KILKENNY, District Judge.


KILKENNY, District Judge:

Before us for review is the action of the District Court in granting summary judgments to plaintiff. Discovery procedures, including affidavits and interrogatories, were extensively employed. We affirm.

Involved is the title and right to possession of lands located in California, west of the present flow of the Colorado River. The runaway waters of this once unpredictable and highly destructive river have left in their wake a substantial...

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