In re The GENERAL ADJUDICATION OF ALL RIGHTS TO USE WATER IN THE BIG HORN RIVER SYSTEM and all other sources, State of Wyoming.
The STATE of Wyoming, Appellant,
v.
OWL CREEK IRRIGATION DISTRICT MEMBERS; Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes; Landis Webber and Barbara Webber, individually and on behalf of Red Creek Cattle Company, Bertha Jones and Grace Graboski; United States; City of Riverton, Midvale Irrigation District, and Riverton Valley Irrigation District, Appellees.
OWL CREEK IRRIGATION DISTRICT MEMBERS, Appellants,
v.
The STATE of Wyoming, Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes; Landis Webber and Barbara Webber, individually and on behalf of Red Creek Cattle Company, Bertha Jones and Grace Graboski; City of Riverton, Midvale Irrigation District, and Riverton Valley Irrigation District, Appellees.
SHOSHONE AND ARAPAHOE TRIBES, Appellants,
v.
The STATE of Wyoming, Owl Creek Irrigation District Members, Landis Webber and Barbara Webber, individually and on behalf of Red Creek Cattle Company, Bertha Jones and Grace Graboski; United States; City of Riverton, Midvale Irrigation District, and Riverton Valley Irrigation District, Appellees.
Landis WEBBER and Barbara Webber, individually and on behalf of Red Creek Cattle Company, Bertha Jones and Grace Graboski, Appellants,
v.
The STATE of Wyoming; Owl Creek Irrigation District Members; Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes; United States; City of Riverton, Midvale Irrigation District, and Riverton Valley Irrigation District, Appellees.
CITY OF RIVERTON, Midvale Irrigation District, and Riverton Valley Irrigation District, Appellants,
v.
The STATE of Wyoming; Owl Creek Irrigation District Members; Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes; Landis Webber and Barbara Webber, individually and on behalf of Red Creek Cattle Company, Bertha Jones and Grace Graboski; United States, Appellees.
UNITED STATES, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Wyoming, Owl Creek Irrigation District Members; Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes; Landis Webber and Barbara Webber, individually and on behalf of Red Creek Cattle Company, Bertha Jones and Grace Graboski; United States; City of Riverton, Midvale Irrigation District, and Riverton Valley Irrigation District; Albert Hornecker and Hornecker Livestock Co., Inc., Donald Bath and DHB & Co., and PLB & Co., Bradford Bath, Griffin Brothers, Incorporated, Ralph Floyd Urbigkit, Charles Richardson and Richard and Elsie Martin, all non-Indian parties, Appellees.
Albert HORNECKER and Hornecker Livestock Co., Inc., Donald Bath and DHB & Co., and PLB & Co., Bradford Bath, Griffin Brothers, Incorporated, Ralph Floyd Urbigkit, Charles Richardson and Richard and Elsie Martin, all non-Indian parties, Appellants,
v.
The STATE of Wyoming, Owl Creek Irrigation District Members; Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes; United States; Landis Webber and Barbara Webber, individually and on behalf of Red Creek Cattle Company, Bertha Jones and Grace Graboski; City of Riverton, Midvale Irrigation District, and Riverton Valley Irrigation District, Appellees.
Robert W. HARVEY and Olga J. Harvey, Mary O. Ahlborn, Owen Barnett and Eva M. Barnett, Black Butte Livestock Company, Campbells, Inc., Phyllis L. Crandall and Kenneth Ward Crandall, Billy M. and Barbara J. Daniels, Carl Dockery and Carol Dockery, Clyde R. Fisher and Gloria A. Fisher, Charles Goldben, Gary V. Kellogg and Brenda Joyce Kellogg, Russell E. Long and Irene M. Long, William A. Matthews, Arthur D. McCumber, Marvin W. Meyer and Ernestine S. Meyer, Vern Nelson and Carolyn R. Nelson, Norwest Bank of Omaha N.A., Norris Edwin Odde and F. Louise Odde, William Okie, Kenneth and Iona Outland, Sylvia Paulsen, Jerry D. Redding and Shelia C. Redding, Red Lane Watershed Improvement District, C. Duane Rush and Katherine C. Rush, Brian F. Sanford and Kathleen Sanford, Norman L. Sanford, Newell S. Sessions and Daisy E. Sessions, Barbara Smith, Robert Stewart, Town of East Thermopolis, Ve Bar Livestock Company, Raymond C. and Delores J. Weese, and Ruth Clare Yonkee, Appellants,
v.
The STATE of Wyoming, United States; Owl Creek Irrigation District Members; Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes; Landis Webber and Barbara Webber, individually and on behalf of Red Creek Cattle Company, Bertha Jones and Grace Graboski; United States; City of Riverton, Midvale Irrigation District, and Riverton Valley Irrigation District; Albert Hornecker and Hornecker Livestock Co., Inc., Donald Bath and DHB & Co., and PLB Co., Bradford Bath, Griffin Brothers, Incorporated, Ralph Floyd Urbigkit, Charles Richardson, and Richard and Elsie Martin, all non-Indian parties, Appellees.
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February 24, 1988.
February 24, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., S. Jane Caton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Steven F. Freudenthal, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., with Freudenthal, Freudenthal, Salzburg, Bonds & Rideout, Cheyenne, Houston G. Williams, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., with Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, Casper, Michael D. White and David F. Jankowski, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., with White and Jankowski, Denver, Colo., and Randall T. Cox, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., with Omohundro and Palmerlee, Buffalo, for State of Wyo. Argument presented by Michael D. White, for Type 1 and 2 Claims, and Randall T. Cox for Type 1, 2 and 3 Claims, also present at counsel table were A.G. McClintock, Wyoming Atty. Gen., and S. Jane Caton, Asst. Atty. General.
Ruth Clare Yonkee, Thermopolis, for Red Lane Watershed Imp. Dist., Town of East Thermopolis.
C. Edward Webster, II, Cody, for Owl Creek Irr. Dist.
Donald P. White of White & White, Riverton, for City of Riverton, Midvale Irr. Dist. and Riverton Irr. Dist.
Kenneth Guido, Jr., Washington, D.C., for Shoshone Tribe.
W. Richard West, Jr. and Susan M. Williams of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, D.C., and B. Kevin Gover and Susan M. Williams of Gover, Williams & Stetson, Albuquerque, N.M., and Thomas W. Fredericks, Dale T. White, and Robert S. Pelcyger of Fredericks & Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., and William J. Thomson and W. Perry Dray of Dray, Madison & Thomson, Cheyenne, for Shoshone and Northern Arapahoe Tribes.
Michael S. Messenger of Messenger & Jurovich, Thermopolis, for Landis Webber and Barbara Webber, individually and on behalf of Red Creek Cattle Co.
Bertha Jones and Grace Graboski.
F. Henry Habicht II, Asst. Atty. Gen. and James J. Clear, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.
Sky D Phifer of Phifer & Phifer, Lander, for Albert Hornecker and Hornecker Livestock Co., Inc.
Donald Bath and DHB & Co., and PLB & Co., Bradford Bath, Griffin Brothers, Inc., Ralph Floyd Urbigkit, Charles Richardson and Richard and Elsie Martin.
Ross D. Copenhaver of Copenhaver, Kahl & Kath, Powell, for Willwood Irr. Dist. and Deaver Irr. Dist.
Oral argument presented by Robert S. Pelcyger for Arapahoe Tribes, Type 1, 2, and 3 Claims; C. Edward Webster II for Owl Creek Irr. Dist., Type 2 Claims; Donald P. White for private parties City of Riverton, et al., Type 1 Claims; James J. Clear for U.S., Type 1 and 2 Claims; Michael S. Messenger for private parties Type 3 Claims; Sky D Phifer for Hornecker, et al., Type 3 Claims; also present at counsel table were Ruth Clare Yonkee; Dale T. White; Thomas W. Fredericks; David F. Jankowski; and B. Kevin Gover, Arthur Lazarus, Jr., and W. Richard West, Jr., for the Shoshone Tribes.
Before BROWN, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, and MACY, JJ., and HANSCUM, District Judge.
Supreme Court of Wyoming.
I INTRODUCTION
This appeal is from the district court's order adjudicating rights to use water in the Big Horn River System and all other sources within the State's Water Division No. 3. The district court modified the special master's recommended decree. All parties have appealed from the district court's amended judgment and decree. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
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