UNITED STATES v. ALPINE LAND & RESERVOIR CO.

No. 81-4084.

697 F.2d 851 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. ALPINE LAND & RESERVOIR CO.; Truckee-Carson Irrigation District; Sierra-Pacific Power Co.; State of Nevada; and Certain Upper Carson River Water Users, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Swainston, Carson City, Nev., Dirk D. Snel, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

James W. Johnson, Jr., George Folsom, Woodburn, Forman, Wedge, Blakey & Jeppson, Reno, Nev., for appellees.

Before KENNEDY, ALARCON and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

The Carson River runs eastward from the Sierra Nevada range in California, through a part of Toiyabe National Forest, and then to Lahontan Reservoir in central Nevada, where it joins with water from the Truckee River Diversion Canal. See United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co., 431 F.2d 763, 765-66 (9th Cir.1970), cert. denied, 401 U.S. 909,...

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