U.S. v. BELL

Nos. 05-16154, 05-16157, 05-16158, 05-16187, 05-16189, 05-16909.

602 F.3d 1074 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur W. BELL, IV; Peraldo Brothers; Christine L. Matley Family Trust; Ray Conlan; Francis E. Dubois, III; Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribe; City of Fallon; Frey Ranch Partnership; Debra S. Frey; Charles P. Frey, Jr.; Calvin R. Moffitt; State of NV Div of L, Division of Lands; State of Nevada Parole Dept., Division of Wildlife; Stillwater Farms, Inc.; The Larry Fritz Family Trust; Town of Fernley, Defendants, and Board of Directors of TCID (Truckee Irrigation District), Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arthur W. Bell, IV; Peraldo Brothers; Christine L. Matley Family Trust; Ray Conlan; Francis E. Dubois, III; Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribe; City of Fallon; Frey Ranch Partnership; Debra S. Frey; Charles P. Frey, Jr.; Calvin R. Moffitt; State of NV Div of L, Division of Lands; State of Nevada Parole Dept., Division of Wildlife; Stillwater Farms, Inc.; The Larry Fritz Family Trust; Town of Fernley, Defendants, and Board of Directors of TCID (Truckee Irrigation District) Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur W. Bell IV; Peraldo Brothers; Christine L. Matley Family Trust; Ray Conlan; Francis E. Dubois, III; Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribe; City of Fallon; Frey Ranch Partnership; Debra S. Frey; Charles P. Frey, Jr.; Calvin R. Moffitt; Stillwater Farms, Inc.; The Larry Fritz Family Trust; Town of Fernley; Board of Directors of TCID (Truckee Irrigation District), Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Defendants, and State of Nevada, Division of Lands; State of Nevada Division of Wild Life, Defendants-Appellants. United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Arthur W. Bell IV; Peraldo Brothers; Christine L. Matley Family Trust; Ray Conlan; Francis E. Dubois, III; Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribe; City of Fallon; Frey Ranch Partnership; Debra S. Frey; Charles P. Frey, Jr.; Calvin R. Moffitt; State of NV Div of L, Division of Lands; State of Nevada Parole Dept., Division of Wildlife; Stillwater Farms, Inc.; The Larry Fritz Family Trust; Town of Fernley, Defendants, and Board of Directors of TCID (Truckee Irrigation District) Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur W. Bell, IV, Defendant, Francis E. Dubois, III; Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribe, Defendants, Frey Ranch Partnership; Debra S. Frey; Charles P. Frey, Jr., Defendants, State of NV Div of L, Division of Lands; State of Nevada Parole Dept., Division of Wildlife; Stillwater Farms, Inc., Defendants, Town of Fernley; Board of Directors of TCID (Truckee Irrigation District), Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Defendants, and Peraldo Brothers; Christine L. Matley Family Trust; Ray Conlan, Defendants-Appellants, City of Fallon, Defendant-Appellant, Calvin R. Moffitt, Defendant-Appellant, The Larry Fritz Family Trust, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur W. Bell, IV; Peraldo Brothers; Christine L. Matley Family Trust; Ray Conlan; Francis E. Dubois, III; Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribe; City of Fallon; Frey Ranch Partnership; Debra S. Frey; Charles P. Frey, Jr.; Calvin R. Moffitt; State of NV Div of L, Division of Lands; State of Nevada Parole Dept., Division of Wildlife; Stillwater Farms, Inc.; The Larry Fritz Family Trust; Town of Fernley, Defendants, and Board of Directors of TCID (Truckee Irrigation District Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine J. Barton, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee/appellant United States of America.

Don Springmeyer, Las Vegas, NV, for intervenor-appellee/appellant Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians.

Michael J. Van Zandt, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant/appellee Board of Directors of Truckee Irrigation District.

Michael L. Wolz, Reno, NV, for defendants-appellants State of Nevada.

Michael F. Mackdon, Fallon, NV, for defendants-appellants State of Nevada.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges, and MILTON I. SHADUR, District Judge.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

BACKGROUND

The long, divisive history of this and related litigation over the waters of the Truckee and Carson Rivers, and the decline of Pyramid Lake, is best reflected in Nevada v. United States, 463 U.S. 110, 103 S.Ct. 2906, 77 L.Ed.2d 509 (1983), and in several landmark opinions of this and other courts. See, e.g., Pyramid Lake Paiute...

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