IN RE GENERAL ADJUDICATION OF ALL RIGHTS

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

35 P.3d 68 (2001)

201 Ariz. 307

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 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salmon, Lewis & Weldon, P.L.C., by M. Byron Lewis, John B. Weldon, Jr., Stephen E. Crofton, Mark A. McGinnis, Riney B. Salmon, II, Phoenix, Attorneys for Salt River Project Agric. Improvement and Power Dist., Salt River Valley Water Users' Ass'n, San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage Dist., and Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation Dist. No. 1.

Sparks, Tehan & Ryley, P.C., by Joe P. Sparks, John H. Ryley, Scottsdale, Attorneys for San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tonto Apache Tribe, and Yavapai Apache Nation.

Gila River Indian Community, by Rodney B. Lewis, Chandler, Attorney for the Gila River Indian Community.

Navajo Nation Department of Justice, by Stanley M. Pollack, Window Rock, Greene, Meyer & McElroy, P.C., by Scott B. McElroy, Alice E. Walker, Boulder, CO, Attorneys for the Navajo Nation.

Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, by Graham M. Clark, Jr., Mary Mangotich Grier, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

United States Department of Justice, by John Cruden, Andrew C. Mergen, Katherine J. Barton, Patrick Barry, Lois Schiffer, Washington, DC, Attorneys for United States.

Moyes Storey, by Lee A. Storey, Steven L. Wene, Phoenix, Attorneys for City of Safford.

Jennele Morris O'Hair, Vail, Attorneys for Cities of Sierra Vista and Benson.

Ulrich & Anger, P.C., by William H. Anger, Paul G. Ulrich, Phoenix, Attorneys for the Cities of Chandler, Mesa, Glendale, and Scottsdale.

Chandler City Attorney's Office, by Cynthia J. Haglin, Chandler, Attorneys for City of Chandler.

Scottsdale City Attorney's Office, by Paul M. Norman, Scottsdale, Attorneys for City of Scottsdale.

Tempe City Attorney's Office, by Charlotte Benson, Tempe, Attorneys for City of Tempe.

Phoenix City Attorney's Office, by M. James Callahan, Phoenix, Attorneys for City of Phoenix.

Broening, Oberg, Woods, Wilson & Cass, by Marilyn D. Cage, Phoenix, Attorneys for the City of Goodyear.

Fennemore Craig, P.C., by Lauren J. Caster, Phoenix, Attorneys for ASARCO Inc.

Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., by Robert B. Hoffman, Phoenix, Attorneys for BHP Copper Co.

Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite, by Michael J. Brophy, L. William Staudenmaier, III, Phoenix, Attorneys for Roosevelt Water Conservation Dist., Phelps Dodge Corp., and Arizona Pub. Serv. Co.

Martinez & Curtis, P.C., by William P. Sullivan, Phoenix, Attorneys for Town of Wickenburg, Town of Gilbert, Cortaro-Marana Irrigation Dist., Bella Vista Water Company, Inc., Bella Vista Ranches LLP, Valencia Water Company, Inc., Cortaro Water Users' Ass'n.

Ellis & Baker, by William D. Baker, Phoenix, Attorneys for New Magma Irrigation Dist.

Fines & Oden, P.L.C., by L. Anthony Fines, Tucson, Attorneys for Gila Valley Irrigation Dist.

Brown & Brown Law Offices, P.C., by David A. Brown, Michael J. Brown, Pinetop, Attorneys for Franklin Irrigation Dist.

John S. Schaper, Phoenix, Attorney for Buckeye Irrigation Co. and Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage Dist.

Whiteing & Smith, by Jeanne S. Whiteing, Tod Smith, Boulder, CO, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.

Williams, Janov & Cooney P.C., by Susan M. Williams, Jane Marx, Albuquerque, NM, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Zuni.

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, by Harry R. Sachse, Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Reid Peyton Chambers, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Hopi Tribe.


OPINION

ZLAKET, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 We are presented with another issue in the Gila River general stream adjudication. The facts and procedural history of this matter are well documented. See Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona, 463 U.S. 545, 557-59, 103 S.Ct. 3201, 3209-10, 77 L.Ed.2d 837 (1983) (subsection entitled "The Arizona Cases"); In re Rights to the...

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