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UNITED STATES v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE

No. 85-1719.

784 F.2d 917 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE, the White Mountain Apache Tribal Court, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin W. Matzen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

William H. Veeder, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Before GOODWIN, NELSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

We decide today two cases1 in the continuing dispute over Indian rights to water from the Salt River watershed in Arizona. The defendant White Mountain Apache Tribe inhabits the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona. The headwaters of the Salt River lie within the Reservation. Currently pending before the Superior Court for Maricopa County, Arizona, is the consolidated...

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