MATTER OF GILA RIVER

No. WC-90-0001-IR.

171 Ariz. 230 (1992)

830 P.2d 442

In the Matter of the RIGHTS TO THE USE OF THE GILA RIVER. Petition of SALT RIVER PROJECT/SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER USERS' ASSOCIATION, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

March 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State of Ariz. by Honorable Grant Woods, Joseph E. Clifford, Carol B. Lewin, Phoenix, for State of Ariz.

John Gliege, Flagstaff, for Pinetop-Lakeside Sanitation Dist.

Snell & Wilmer by Robert B. Hoffman, Carlos D. Ronstadt, Jeffrey W. Crockett, Phoenix, for Arizona Public Service, Magma Copper Co., and Farmers Inv. Co.

Department of Justice by Steven E. Carroll, F. Patrick Barry, Dirk D. Snel, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon by M. Byron Lewis, John B. Weldon, Jr., Lisa M. McKnight, Phoenix, for Salt River Project Agr. Imp. and Power Dist. and Salt River Valley Water Users' Ass'n.

John S. Schaper, Phoenix, for Buckeye Irr. Co. and Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage Dist.

Sparks & Siler, P.C. by Joe P. Sparks, Kevin T. Tehan, Scottsdale, for San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tonto Apache Tribe, and Yavapai-Apache Indian Community, Camp Verde Reservation.

Cox & Cox and Rodney B. Lewis by Z. Simpson Cox, Alfred S. Cox, Alan J. Cox, Rodney B. Lewis, Phoenix, for Gila River Indian Community and Silas Kisto.

City of Phoenix by Roderick G. McDougall, M. James Callahan, Katherine Ott Verburg, Phoenix, for City of Phoenix.

Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite by George Read Carlock, Michael J. Brophy, Sheryl A. Taylor, Phoenix, for Roosevelt Water Conservation Dist.

Apker, Apker, Haggard & Kurtz by Jerry L. Haggard, Phoenix, for Phelps Dodge.

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, West-over, Killingsworth & Beshears by Ralph E. Hunsaker, Phoenix, for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

City of Glendale by Jennele M. Morris O'Hair, Glendale, for City of Glendale.

Meyer, Hendricks, Victor, Osborn & Maledon by Lee H. Storey, Phoenix, for Cyprus Minerals.

Stephens, Watts & Brown by James P. Watts, Phoenix, for Cities of Mesa, Tempe, and Avondale.

Wayne Klump, pro se Representative for amici Klump Bros.


OPINION

FELDMAN, Chief Justice.

We granted review of this interlocutory appeal to determine whether the procedures adopted by the trial court for service of summons and filing and service of pleadings in this water rights adjudication proceeding comport with due process under the United States and Arizona Constitutions. We have jurisdiction pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-252 and Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 5(3). See infra note 2.

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