POTLATCH CORP. v. U.S.

Nos. 25153, 25154.

12 P.3d 1256 (2000)

134 Idaho 912

In re SRBA Case No. 39576, Re Wild & Scenic Rivers Claims: 75-13316, 77-11941, 78-10668, 78-11961, 81-10472, 81-10472, 81-10513, 81-10625. POTLATCH CORPORATION and Hecla Mining, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, January 2000 Term.

October 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Givens Pursley, LLC, Boise, for appellant Potlatch Corporation. Jefferey C. Fereday argued.

Root & Schindler, P.C., Denver, for appellant Hecla Mining Company. Thomas C. Root argued.

Hon. Betty H. Richardson, United States Attorney's Office, Boise; United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent; Sean H. Donahue, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued.


SCHROEDER, Justice.

This case arises from the Snake River Basin Adjudication in which the district court granted in part and denied in part the United States' motion for partial summary judgment on claims the United States makes for reserved water rights pursuant to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

I.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The United States claims federal reserved water rights for the following rivers pursuant to the Wild and Scenic...

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