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-Appellees,
v.
The UNITED STATES of America; Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellants, and
QUECHAN INDIAN TRIBE; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, and Colorado River Indian Tribes, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants,
v.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA and State of Arizona, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted July 7, 1987.
Decided October 14, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Dale T. White (argued), Fredericks & Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., for Fort Mojave Indian Tribe.
William Strickland, Strickland & Altaffer, Tucson, Ariz., for Quechan Tribe.
Scott B. McElroy, Melody L. McCoy, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colo., William G. Lavell, Pamela S. Williams, Colorado River Indian Tribe, Parker, Ariz., for Colorado River Indian Tribes.
Warren J. Abbott, Karen Tachiki, James F. Roberts, Metropolitan Water Dist. Los Angeles, Cal., Jerome C. Muys (argued), Washington, D.C., for Metropolitan Water Dist.
Sarah P. Robinson (argued), F. Patrick Barry, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S.
Anthony Ching, Sol. Gen., State of Ariz., Phoenix, Ariz., for State of Ariz.
Justin McCarthy, Redwine & Sherrill, Riverside, Cal., for Coachella Valley Water Dist.
Douglas Noble, Anthony M. Summers, Kenneth R. Williams, Deputy Atty. Gens., Office of the Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for State of Cal.
Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, FLETCHER and POOLE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Appellants, the United States and the intervenors, Indian Tribes,1 bring this interlocutory appeal to challenge the district court's holding (1) that the Secretary of the Interior lacks authority to resurvey the boundary between the Fort Mojave Reservation and other public land; and (2) that, the district court has authority and intends to conduct a trial de novo to determine the boundaries of the Reservation.
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