GILA RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY v. U.S.

Appeal No. 236-D.

695 F.2d 559 (1982)

GILA RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, et al., Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

December 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred S. Cox, Phoenix, Ariz., argued for appellants. With him on the briefs were Z. Simpson Cox, Stephen L. Cox, Alan J. Cox, William R. Hobson, L.J. Cox, Jr., Phoenix, Ariz., Ira I. Schneier, Tucson, Ariz., and Sandra L. Massetto, Phoenix, Ariz.

George R. Hyde, Washington, D.C., argued for appellee. With him on the brief was Asst. Atty. Gen. Carol E. Dinkins, Washington, D.C.

Before FRIEDMAN, RICH, BENNETT, MILLER, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


BENNETT, Circuit Judge.

The Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, et al., bring this appeal from a judgment entered October 8, 1982, in the United States Claims Court, denying their claim for certain water rights to the Salt River in Arizona. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The essential facts found by the trial judge are correct and will be summarized. Appellants reside on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona. They claim...

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