PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. MORTON

No. 73-2184.

499 F.2d 1095 (1974)

PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Shearer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Carl Strass, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellant.

Robert S. Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., with whom David H. Getches, Boulder, Colo. was on the brief, for appellee. L. Graeme Bell, III, Washington, D.C. also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before McGOWAN and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL United District of California.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Secretary of the Interior seeks reversal of a District Court order awarding the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians attorneys' fees and other expenses incurred by its attorneys in connection with the Tribe's successful litigation challenging the Secretary's issuance of a regulation establishing the basis for determining the amount of water to be provided the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District. Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Morton,...

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