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IN RE GILA RIVER SYSTEM AND SOURCE

Nos. WC-90-0001-IR, WC-90-0002-IR, WC-90-0003-IR, WC-90-0004-IR, WC-90-0005-IR, WC-90-0006-IR, WC-90-0007-IR, WC-79-0001, WC-79-0002, WC-79-0003, WC-79-0004.

989 P.2d 739 (1999)

195 Ariz. 411

In re the GENERAL ADJUDICATION OF ALL RIGHTS TO USE WATER IN THE GILA RIVER SYSTEM AND SOURCE.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

November 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. By: Robert B. Hoffman, Carlos D. Ronstadt, Jeffrey W. Crockett, Phoenix, Attorneys for Magma Copper Company.

Grant Woods, Arizona Attorney General By: Joseph E. Clifford, Charlotte Benson, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Roderick G. McDougall, Phoenix City Attorney By: M. James Callahan, Katherine Ott Verburg, Phoenix, Attorneys for City of Phoenix.

Ulrich & Kessler By: William H. Anger, Phoenix, Attorneys for Cities of Chandler, Glendale, Mesa, and Scottsdale.

Kimball & Curry, P.C. By: Dalva L. Moellenberg, D. Lee Decker, Phoenix, Attorneys for Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc., and Arizona Rock Products Association.

Arizona Public Service Company By: Shiela B. Schmidt, Phoenix, Attorney for Arizona Public Service Company.

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, P.A. By: George Read Carlock, Michael J. Brophy, Sheryl A. Taylor, Phoenix, Attorneys for Arizona Public Service Company; Roosevelt Water Conservation District, and Aztec Land and Cattle Company, Limited.

Fennemore Craig By: James W. Johnson, Lauren J. Caster, Phoenix, Attorneys for Cyprus Christmas Mine Corporation, Cyprus Miami Mining Corporation,Cyprus Pima Mining Corporation, Cyprus Sierrita Corporation, Cyprus Twin Buttes Corporation, and Stone Container Corporation

Apker Apker Haggard & Kurtz By: Burton M. Apker, Gerri Apker Kurtz, Phoenix, Attorneys for ASARCO Incorporated.

Apker Apker Haggard & Kurtz By: Jerry L. Haggard, Cynthia M. Chandley, Phoenix, Attorneys for Phelps Dodge Corporation.

Thomas J. Berning, Tucson City Attorney By: Loretta Humphrey, Tucson, Attorneys for City of Tucson.

John S. Schaper, Phoenix, Attorney for Buckeye Irrigation Company and Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District.

Douglas C. Nelson, P.C. By: Douglas C. Nelson, Phoenix, Attorneys for Members of and Gila Bend-Dendora Valley Water Users Association.

Strickland & O'Hair, P.C. By: Jennele Morris O'Hair, Tucson, Attorneys for Cities of Sierra Vista, Benson, and Globe; Towns of Mammoth and Patagonia; Gila Valley Irrigation District; and Franklin Irrigation District.

Norling Perry Pierson & Kolsrud, P.L.C. By: Mark S. Sifferman, Phoenix, Attorneys for Tenneco West, Inc. and Tenneco Arizona Properties Corporation.

Martinez & Curtis, P.C. By: William P. Sullivan, Phoenix, Attorneys for Arlington Canal Company, Bella Vista Ranches Limited Partnership, Bella Vista Water Company, Inc., Cortaro-Marana Irrigation District, Pima County, Arizona, Cortaro Water Users' Association, Rigby Water Company, Town of Gilbert, and Valencia Water Company, Inc.

Brown & Brown By: David Albert Brown, St. Johns, Attorneys for Little Colorado Association.

Meyer Hendricks Victor Osborn & Maledon, P.A. By: Lee H. Storey, Phoenix, Attorneys for City of Flagstaff and Rio Rico Properties, Inc.

John G. Gliege, Sedona, Attorney for Pinetop Woodland Irrigation Company, Woodland Irrigation Company, and Ponderosa Domestic Water Improvement District.

Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A. By: Daryl Manhart, Edwin C. Bull, Phoenix, Attorneys for Roosevelt Irrigation District.

Office of the Tempe City Attorney By: David R. Merkel, Karen S. Gaylord, Tempe, Attorneys for City of Tempe.

Salmon Lewis & Weldon, P.L.C. By: M. Byron Lewis, John B. Weldon, Jr., Stephen E. Crofton, Phoenix, Attorneys for Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District and Salt River Valley Water Users' Association.

Sparks & Siler, P.C. By: Joe P. Sparks, Kevin T. Tehan, John H. Ryley, Scottsdale, Attorneys for San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tonto Apache Tribe, and Yavapai Apache Indian Tribe, Camp Verde Reservation. Cox and Cox By: Alfred S. Cox, Alan J. Cox, Emily A. Lewis, Phoenix, and Gila River Indian Community By: Rodney B. Lewis, Chandler, Attorneys for Gila River Indian Community and Silas Kisto.

United States Department of Justice By: John C. Cruden, David C. Shilton, Gary B. Randall, F. Patrick Barry, Robert L. Klarquist, Lois J. Schiffer, Edward J. Shawaker, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for United States of America.

Sonosky Chambers Sachse & Endreson By: Harry R. Sachse, Reid Peyton Chambers, Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Hopi Tribe.

Greene Meyer & McElroy By: Scott B. McElroy, Boulder Colorado, Attorneys for Navajo Nation.

Whiteing Thompson & White By: Jeanne S. Whiteing, Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.

Wayne D. Klump, Bowie, Pro Se.

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

¶ 1 In the third of a series of interlocutory opinions in this comprehensive general stream adjudication, we address two questions: Do federal reserved water rights extend to groundwater (underground water) that is not subject to prior appropriation under Arizona law? Are federal reserved rights holders entitled to greater protection from groundwater pumping than are water users who hold only state law rights? We answer both questions...

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