GUADALUPE-BLANCO RIVER AUTHORITY, Etc., Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF LYTLE, Et Al., Defendants.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTS OF the ARMY AND AIR FORCE, Defendants-Appellants, and
The San Antonio Parties, Intervenor-Appellant,
v.
GUADALUPE-BLANCO RIVER AUTHORITY, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, and
City of San Marcos; City of New Braunfels and New Braunfels Utilities; Danny McFadin, Et Al.; Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and Texas Water Commission; City of Converse, Texas and the City of Kirby, Texas; Lafarge Corporation; Bulverde Utility Co., Etc., Et Al.; Green Valley Water Supply Corp., Et Al.; St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Et Al.; and Lackland City Water Company, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 2, 1991.
August 2, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Dick D. Snel (argued), Robert L. Klarquist, Attys., Appellate Section, Environmental and Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.
Elbert Hooper, Hooper & Haag, Austin, Tex., for City of New Braunfels, et al.
P.M. Schenkkan (argued), Roger P. Nevola, Ms. Kim Brightwell, Richard Milvenan, Mr. Thomas Pelto, Mr. Donald Neal, Vinson & Elkins, Austin, Tex., Harry M. Reasoner, Charles L. Berry, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., for Guadalupe-Blanco.
Edmund McCarthy, Austin, Tex., for City of San Marcos.
Sydney W. Falk, Jr. (argued), Douglas G. Caroom, Bickerstaff, Heath & Smiley, Austin, Tex., for McFadin, et al. and amicus-Texas Farm Bureau.
Ken Cross, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Tex., Austin, Tex., for Texas Water Com'n & Texas Park.
Fred Shannon, Cynthia F. Malone, Shannon & Weidenbach, Inc., San Antonio, Tex., for Lackland City Water Co.
Phil Steven Kosub, Saulen & Wallace, San Antonio, Tex., for City of Converse & City of Kirby.
James E. Cousar, Thompson & Knight, Austin, Tex., for Lafarge Corp.
Mark H. Zeppa, Austin, Tex., for Bulverde Utility, et al.
Louis T. Rosenberg, San Antonio, Tex., for Green Valley Water Supply.
Kevin M. Beiter, Terry S. Bickerton, Cox & Smith, Inc., San Antonio, Tex., for St. Mary's Univ., et al.
Jim Mathews (argued), Lloyd, Gosselink, Fowler, Blevins & Mathews, Austin, Tex., for intervenors San Antonio Parties.
Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority ("GBRA")1 brought this suit in Texas state court for an adjudication of the water rights to the Edwards Aquifer.2 GBRA's case is based entirely on Texas law. Named as defendants are over 200 current users of the Edwards Aquifer's waters, including the United States Departments of Army and Air Force ("the government"), both of which pump water...
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