KLAMATH WATER USERS ASS'N v. PATTERSON

No. Civ. 97-3033-HO.

15 F.Supp.2d 990 (1998)

KLAMATH WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Roger PATTERSON, Director, Bureau of Reclamation, PacifiCorp, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

April 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Fairclo, Proctor Puckett & Fairclo, Klamath Falls, OR, Paul S. Simmons, Andrew M. Hitchings, Stuart L. Somach, Donald B. Mooney, Donald B. Gilbert, DeCuir & Somach, Sacramento, CA, for Klamath Water Users Protective Association, Klamath Drainage District, Henzel Properties, Ltd., Sam Henzel.

Kristine Olson, U.S. Attys. Office, Portland, OR, Maria A. Iizuka, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Sacramento, CA, Stephen M. MacFarlane, Dept. of Justice, Environment & Nat. Res. Div., Sacramento, CA, James L. Sutherland, Asst. U.S. Atty., Eugene, OR, Lois J. Schiffer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, David W. Harder, Environmental & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Denver, CO, for Roger Patterson, Karl E. Wirkus, Eluid Martinez, Patricia Beneke, Bruce Babbitt, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S.A.

Barbara Dean Craig, Richard S. Gleason, Stoel Rives, Portland, OR, for Pacificorp.

William C. Carpenter, Jr., Eugene, OR, Michael R. Sherwood, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, CA, for Northcoast Environmental Center, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermens Associations, Institute for Fisheries Resources, Klamath Forest Alliance, Mazamas, Oregon Natural Resources Center, Wilderness Society, Waterwatch of Oregon.

Marianne G. Dugan, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR, Richard Allen Cross, Alexander & Karshmer, Berkeley, CA, for Yurok Tribe.


ORDER

HOGAN, District Judge.

The central issue before the court is whether plaintiffs are third party beneficiaries to the 1956 contract between PacifiCorp (formerly Copco) and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) regarding the operation of the Link River Dam located at the outlet of Upper Klamath Lake in Southwest Oregon.

Plaintiffs filed this action on June 4, 1997, alleging four claims. This court subsequently denied plaintiff's motion for...

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