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U.S. v. CITY OF CHALLIS

No. 24560.

988 P.2d 1199 (1999)

133 Idaho 525

In re SRBA, Case No. 39576, Multiple-Use Sustained-yield Act Claims, Consolidated Subcase No. 63-25239. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. CITY OF CHALLIS, City of Salmon, Amalgamated Sugar Co., Basic American, Inc., City of Pocatello, Lamb-Weston, Ore-Ida Foods, Inc., Shearer Lumber Products, Harrison Canal Co., Egin Bench Canal, Inc., Progressive Irrigation District, New Sweden Irrigation District, Enterprise Irrigation District, North Fremont Canal Systems, Inc., Burgess Canal & Irrigation Co., Idaho Irrigation District, Snake River Valley Irrigation District, Peoples Canal & Irrigation Co., A & B Irrigation District, Burley Irrigation District, Twin Falls Canal Co., North Side Canal Co., State of Idaho and Hecla Mining Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, March 1999 Term.

October 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty Richardson, United States Attorney, Boise; Jeffrey C. Dobbins, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellant United States of America. Jeffrey C. Dobbins, argued.

Beeman & Hofstetter, P.C., Boise, for respondents City of Challis, City of Salmon, Amalgamated Sugar Co., Basic American, Inc., City of Pocatello, Lamb-Weston, Ore-Ida Foods, Inc., Shearer Lumber Products.

Rigby, Thatcher, Andrus, Rigby, Kam & Moeller, Chtd., Rexburg, for respondents Harrison Canal Co., Egin Bench Canal, Inc., Progressive Irrigation District, New Sweden Irrigation District, Enterprise Irrigation District, North Fremont Canal Systems, Inc., Burgess Canal & Irrigation Co., Idaho Irrigation District, Snake River Valley Irrigation District, Peoples Canal & Irrigation Co., A & B Irrigation District, Burley Irrigation District, Twin Falls Canal Co., North Side Canal Company.

Hon. Alan G. Lance, Attorney General; Clive Strong, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent State of Idaho. Clive Strong argued.

Root & Schindler, P.C., Denver, for respondent Hecla Mining Co. Thomas E. Root argued.

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying summary judgment to the appellant, the United States, for federal reserved water rights claims based on the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 and from an order granting Rule 54(b) certification. We affirm both orders.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This appeal arises out of the Snake River Basin Adjudication (SRBA...

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