U.S. v. ALPINE LAND & RESERVOIR CO.

No. 90-16460.

965 F.2d 731 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. ALPINE LAND & RESERVOIR COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant, and Nevada State Engineer, Defendant-Appellee, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, Applicant-Appellant, Truckee-Carson Irrigation District; Water Right Transfer Applicants, Applicants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Pelcyger, Fredericks, Pelcyger & Hester, Boulder, Colo., for applicant-appellant.

Margaret A. Twedt, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, Nev., for defendant-appellee.

Frederick G. Girard, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, Cal., for applicants-appellees.

Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, WIGGINS and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians (the "Tribe") protested the applications of farmers in the Newlands Federal Reclamation Project (the "Project") to transfer water rights. The Nevada State Engineer (the "Engineer") approved the applications and the district court affirmed. We affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded in United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co., 878 F.2d 1217 (9th...

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