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METROPOLITAN WATER DIST. OF SOUTHERN CAL. v. U.S.

Civ. No. 81-0678-B.

628 F.Supp. 1018 (1986)

The METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, a public agency of the State of California and the Coachella Valley Water District, a public agency of the State of California, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America, James Watt, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior, State of Arizona, State of California, Defendants, Quechan Indian Tribe, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Intervenors.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

February 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren J. Abbott, Karen L. Tachiki, James F. Roberts, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff Metropolitan Water Dist.

F. Patrick Barry, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants U.S. and James Watt.

Dale T. White, Fredericks & Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., for intervenor Fort Mojave Tribe.

Douglas Noble, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant State of Cal.

Scott B. McElroy, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., for intervenor Colorado River Indian Tribes.

William Strickland, Strickland & Altaffer, Tucson, Ariz., for intervenor Quechan Indian Tribe.

OPINION AND ORDER

BREWSTER, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This litigation arises out of disputes concerning the boundaries of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, the Colorado River Indian Reservation, and the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. Determination of the boundaries will affect the relative allocations of Colorado River water to the three intervenor Indian tribes and to other users in the States...

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