SANPETE WATER CONSERVANCY DIST. v. CARBON WATER CONSERVANCY DIST.

No. 99-4136.

226 F.3d 1170 (2000)

SANPETE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARBON WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT; Price River Water Users Association; United States Bureau of Reclamation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Sampson (Claudia F. Berry of Suitter Axland; John W. Anderson and John S. Flitton of Pruitt, Gushee & Bachtell with him on the briefs) of Suitter Axland, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James B. Lee (James E. Karkut with him on the brief) of Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Defendant-Appellee Carbon Water Conservancy District.

Before BRORBY, HOLLOWAY and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

This case flows from yet another skirmish in the never-ending war over water in the American West. Sanpete Water Conservancy District (Sanpete) and Carbon Water Conservancy District (Carbon) are the long-time combatants, and frequent litigants, in this battle concerning the capture and use of water in the Price River watershed in Utah. This most recent lawsuit is a contract interpretation case. The district court granted partial summary judgment...

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