The NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE OF the NORTHERN CHEYENNE INDIAN RESERVATION, Plaintiff,
v.
TONGUE RIVER WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, a corporation, et al., Defendants.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
TONGUE RIVER WATER USERS ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
BIG HORN LOW LINE CANAL et al., Defendants.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
Velva AASHEIM et al., Defendants.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
Arvin S. AAGESON et al., Defendants.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
AMS RANCH, INC. et al., Defendants.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
Annette A. ABELL et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Montana, Billings Division, Great Falls Division, Missoula Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 29, 1979.
November 29, 1979.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Wendell Shoulderblade, Vice-President, Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council, Lame Deer, Mont., Ziontz, Pirtle, Morisset, Ernstoff & Chestnut, Seattle, Wash., Leland J. Pond, Lame Deer, Mont., for plaintiff in No. CV-75-6-BLG.
Regina L. Sleater, Scott B. McElroy, Land and Natural Resources Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in Nos. CV-75-20-BLG, CV-75-34-BLG, CV-79-40-BLG, CV-79-21-GF, and CV-79-22-GF.
Calvin L. Wilson, Busby, Mont., Jeanne S. Whiteing, John E. Echo-Hawk, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., for plaintiff in No. CV-75-20-BLG.
James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Land and Natural Resources Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in Nos. CV-79-21-GF, CV-79-22-GF, and CV-79-33-M.
James J. Clear, Land and Natural Resources Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in No. CV-79-33-M.
Robert T. O'Leary, U. S. Atty., Butte, Mont., for plaintiff in Nos. CV-75-20-BLG, CV-75-34-BLG, CV-79-40-BLG, CV-79-21-GF, CV-79-22-GF, and CV-79-33-M.
Maurice R. Colberg, Jr., Hibbs, Sweeney & Colberg, Billings, Mont., for Tongue River Water Users Ass'n et al.
John F. North, James F. Walsh, Asst. Attys. Gen., Helena, Mont., for State of Montana.
Allen B. Chronister, Ted J. Doney, Helena, Mont., for Mont. Dept. of Natural Resources.
Ralph R. Wright, Wright, Tolliver & Guthals, Billings, Mont., for T. Adsit.
Donald W. Molloy, Berger, Anderson, Sinclair & Murphy, Billings, Mont., for Sherman Johnson.
John W. Robinson, Hamilton, Mont., for Rena Swindle Williams.
Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Helena, Mont., for State of Montana.
Gary H. Peterson, Billings, Mont., for Burlington Northern.
Boone, Karlberg & Haddon, Missoula, Mont., Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D. C., for Flathead, Mission, and Jocko Valley Irrigation Districts.
Sonosky, Chambers & Sachse, Washington, D. C., Brent R. Cromley, Billings, Mont., for Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, in Nos. CV-79-40-BLG and CV-79-21-GF.
Cale Crowley, Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, Billings, Mont., for defendants in Nos. CV-79-40-BLG, CV-79-21-GF, and CV-79-22-GF.
Helena S. Maclay, Missoula, Mont., for State of Montana in Nos. CV-79-40-BLG, CV-79-21-GF, and CV-79-22-GF.
United States District Court, D. Montana, Billings Division, Great Falls Division, Missoula Division.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BATTIN, Chief District Judge and HATFIELD, District Judge.
Pending before the various divisions of this Court are several actions brought by the United States for the purpose of adjudicating the water rights of certain Indian tribes as well as Indian and non-Indian individuals in and to the waters of certain streams. This general stream adjudication is before this Court upon the plaintiffs' invocation of 28 U.S.C. § 1345. The State...
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