PETERSON v. WATT

No. 79-3457.

666 F.2d 361 (1982)

Blanche W. PETERSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Interior, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Steenland, Jr., Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Thomas G. Nelson, Twin Falls, Idaho, for defendants.

Before CHOY and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and HATTER, District Judge.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

The dispositive question in this appeal is whether this court should vacate a portion of the district court's decision because it purported to decide a claim never actually asserted or litigated between co-defendants.1

In 1958 Blanche and Flay Peterson purchased land on the east bank of the Colorado River in Arizona. The Colorado River subsequently moved eastward. Believing that they were entitled to the...

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