CONSEJO DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO, MEXICALI v. U.S.

Nos. 06-16345, 06-16618, 06-16664.

482 F.3d 1157 (2007)

CONSEJO DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO DE MEXICALI, A.C.; Citizens United for Resources and the Environment, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Plaintiff, State of California; Band of Mission Indians, Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES of America; Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Department of the Interior; Robert W. Johnson, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees, Imperial Irrigation District; San Diego County Water Authority; Central Arizona Water Conservation District; State of Nevada; Southern Nevada Water Authority; State of Arizona; Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Western Urban Water Coalition, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees, v. City of Calexico, Plaintiff-intervenor. Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C.; Citizens United for Resources and the Environment, Plaintiffs, State of California; Band of Mission Indians, Intervenors, and Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States of America; Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Department of the Interior; Robert W. Johnson, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; United States of America; Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary; William E. Rinne, Acting Commissioner, Defendants-Appellees, State of Arizona; Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Western Urban Water Coalition; Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees, and Imperial Irrigation District; San Diego County Water Authority; Central Arizona Water Conservation District; State of Nevada; Southern Nevada Water Authority; Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Defendant-Intervenors, v. City of Calexico, Plaintiff-intervenor. Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C.; Citizens United for Resources and the Environment; Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Plaintiffs, State of California; Band of Mission Indians, Intervenors, v. United States of America; Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Department of the Interior; Robert W. Johnson, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; United States of America; Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary; William E. Rinne, Acting Commissioner, Defendants-Appellees, and Imperial Irrigation District; San Diego County Water Authority; Central Arizona Water Conservation District; State of Nevada; Southern Nevada Water Authority; State of Arizona; Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Western Urban Water Coalition; Colorado River Commission of Nevada; Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Defendant-Intervenors, v. City of Calexico, Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Reargued February 21, 2007.

Filed April 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Gaylord Smith, Sheri Schwartz, Lewis Brisbord, Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, San Diego, CA, Jay F. Stein, Stein & Brockman, PA, Santa Fe, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C.

William J. Snape, III, Law Office of William J. Snape, III, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant Citizens United for Resources and the Environment.

Gideon Kracov, Law Office of Gideon Kracov, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Desert Citizens Against Pollution.

Steven E. Boehmer, James P. Lough, Jennifer M. Lyon, McDougal, Love & Eckis, El Cajon, CA, for Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant City of Calexico.

Matthew J. McKeown, David C. Shelton, John L. Smeltzer, United States Department of Justice, Washington DC, for Defendants-Appellees United States of America, Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and Robert W. Johnson, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation.

John P. Carter, William H. Swan, Horton, Knox, Carter & Foote, El Centro, CA, Anthony Geunther, Andrew P. Gordon, McDonald, Carano, Wilson, Las Vegas, NV, David L. Osias, Mark J. Hattam, Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble, Mallory & Natsis, San Diego, CA, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Imperial Irrigation District.

Daniel S. Hentschke, San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, CA, James D. Hibbard, Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC, Las Vegas, NV, Steven L. Hoch, Scott S. Slater, C. Wesley Strickland, Hatch & Parent, Los Angeles, CA, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee San Diego County Water Authority.

Virginia S. Albrecht, Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC, Douglas Miller, Central Arizona Project, Phoenix, AZ, Kathy Robb, Hunton & Williams LLP, New York, NY, Kevin P. Stolworthy, Jones Vargas, Las Vegas, NV, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Central Arizona Water Conservation District.

James Taylor, John J. Entsminger, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Jennifer T. Crandall, Las Vegas, NV, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee State of Nevada.

Nancy L. Allf, Parsons, Behle & Latimer, Las Vegas, NE, Linus Masouredis, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Sacramento, CA, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Michael B. Wixom, Shann D. Winesett, Smith Larsen & Wixom, Las Vegas, NV, for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee State of Arizona.

William Jenkins, Clifford T. Lee, Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Intervenor State of California.

Mary Hackenbracht, David A. Hombeck, Reno, NE, Joseph R. Membrino, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, Washington, DC, for Intervenor La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians.

Sheldon H. Sloan, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae Government of Mexico.

Robert Vera Avar, The State of Baja California, Mexico, for Amicus Curiae State of Baja California, Mexico.

Kara Gillon, Defenders of Wildlife, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae Defenders of Wildlife.

Before NOONAN, TASHIMA, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a dispute over a Bureau of Reclamation project to build a concrete-lined canal to replace an unlined portion of the All-American Canal. The district court denied declaratory and injunctive relief. A motions panel of our Court granted a temporary injunction halting work on the project pending appeal. After the initial oral argument and based on intervening legislation, the United States filed a motion to vacate the injunction...

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