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U.S. v. U.S. BD. OF WATER COM'RS

Nos. 15-16316, 15-16317, 15-16319, 15-16321, 15-16323, 15-16489.

893 F.3d 578 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Intervenor-Plaintiff, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Petitioner, Mineral County, Intervenor-Plaintiff, and Nevada State Engineer, Respondent-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, Participant-Appellee, Backtrack, LLC; Bale Counter, Inc.; Gary M. Berrington; Berrington Custom Hay Hauling & Trans., Inc.; Damian, Ltd.; Peter A. Fenili; GDA Degree, Inc.; Gary G. Garms; Gary J. Garms; Kari D. Garms; Toni Garms; Garmsland Limited, LLC; High Sierra Garlic; Jackaroo, LLC; Settelmeyer-Rosse Ranch Management, LLC; Six-N-Ranch, Inc.; Straggler, LLC, Objectors-Appellees, and Nevada Department of Wildlife; California State Water Resources Control Board; Mono County, California; Lyon County, Nevada, Respondents, Walker Lake Working Group; Walker River Irrigation District, Defendants. United States of America, Plaintiff, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Intervenor-Plaintiff, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Petitioner, Mineral County, Intervenor-Plaintiff, and Nevada Department of Wildlife, Respondent-Appellant, v. United States Board of Water Commissioners, Participant-Appellee, Backtrack, LLC; Bale Counter, Inc.; Gary M. Berrington; Berrington Custom Hay Hauling & Trans., Inc.; Damian, Ltd.; Peter A. Fenili; GDA Degree, Inc.; Gary G. Garms; Gary J. Garms; Kari D. Garms; Toni Garms; Garmsland Limited, LLC; High Sierra Garlic; Jackaroo, LLC; Settelmeyer-Rosse Ranch Management, LLC; Six-N-ranch, Inc.; Straggler, LLC, Objectors-Appellees, and Nevada State Engineer; California State Water Resources Control Board; Mono County, California; Lyon County, Nevada, Respondents, Walker Lake Working Group; Walker River Irrigation District, Defendants. United States of America, Plaintiff, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Intervenor-Plaintiff, Mineral County, Intervenor-Plaintiff, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Petitioner-Appellant, v. United States Board of Water Commissioners, Participant-Appellee, Backtrack, LLC; Bale Counter, Inc.; Gary M. Berrington; Berrington Custom Hay Hauling & Trans., Inc.; Damian, Ltd.; Peter A. Fenili; GDA Degree, Inc.; Gary G. Garms; Gary J. Garms; Kari D. Garms; Toni Garms; Garmsland Limited, LLC; High Sierra Garlic; Jackaroo, LLC; Settelmeyer-Rosse Ranch Management, LLC; Six-N-ranch, Inc.; Straggler, LLC, Objectors-Appellees, and Nevada State Engineer; Nevada Department of Wildlife; California State Water Resources Control Board; Mono County, California; Lyon County, Nevada, Respondents, Walker Lake Working Group; Walker River Irrigation District, Defendants. United States of America, Plaintiff, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Intervenor-Plaintiff, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Petitioner, Mineral County, Intervenor-Plaintiff, and Walker River Irrigation District, Defendant-Appellant, v. United States Board of Water Commissioners, Participant-Appellee, Backtrack, LLC; Bale Counter, Inc.; Gary M. Berrington; Berrington Custom Hay Hauling & Trans., Inc.; Damian, Ltd.; Peter A. Fenili; GDA Degree, Inc.; Gary G. Garms; Gary J. Garms; Kari D. Garms; Toni Garms; Garmsland Limited, LLC; High Sierra Garlic; Jackaroo, LLC; Settelmeyer-Rosse Ranch Management, LLC; Six-N-ranch, Inc.; Straggler, LLC, Objectors-Appellees, and Nevada State Engineer; Nevada Department of Wildlife; Mono County, California; Lyon County, Nevada, Respondents, Walker Lake Working Group, Defendant. United States of America, Plaintiff, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Intervenor-Plaintiff, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Petitioner, and Mineral County, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant, Walker Lake Working Group, Defendant-Appellant, v. United States Board of Water Commissioners, Participant-Appellee, Backtrack, LLC; Bale Counter, Inc.; Gary M. Berrington; Berrington Custom Hay Hauling & Trans., Inc.; Damian, Ltd.; Peter A. Fenili; Gda Degree, Inc.; Gary G. Garms; Gary J. Garms; Kari D. Garms; Toni Garms; Garmsland Limited, LLC; High Sierra Garlic; Jackaroo, LLC; Settelmeyer-Rosse Ranch Management, LLC; Six-N-ranch, Inc.; Straggler, LLC, Objectors-Appellees, and Nevada State Engineer; Nevada Department of Wildlife; Mono County, California; Lyon County, Nevada, Respondents, Walker River Irrigation District, Defendant. United States of America, Plaintiff, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Petitioner, Mineral County, Intervenor-Plaintiff, and Walker River Paiute Tribe, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States Board of Water Commissioners, Participant-Appellee, Backtrack, LLC; Bale Counter, Inc.; Gary M. Berrington; Berrington Custom Hay Hauling & Trans., Inc.; Damian, Ltd.; Peter A. Fenili; GDA Degree, Inc.; Gary G. Garms; Gary J. Garms; Kari D. Garms; Toni Garms; Garmsland Limited, LLC; High Sierra Garlic; Jackaroo, LLC; Settelmeyer-Rosse Ranch Management, LLC; Six-N-Ranch, Inc.; Straggler, LLC, Objectors-Appellees, and Nevada Department of Wildlife; Nevada State Engineer; California State Water Resources Control Board; Mono County, California; Lyon County, Nevada, Respondents, Walker Lake Working Group; Walker River Irrigation District; Joseph Landolt; Beverly Landolt, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 22, 2018.

Amended June 22, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Springmeyer (argued) and Christopher Mixson , Wolf Rifkin Shapiro Schulman & Rabkin LLP, Las Vegas, Nevada; Jamie Morin , Mentor Law Group PLLC, Seattle, Washington; for Petitioner-Appellant National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Micheline Noel Nadeau Fairbank (argued) and Bryan L. Stockton , Senior Deputy Attorneys General; Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada; for Respondent-Appellant State of Nevada.

Gordon DePaoli (argued) and Dale E. Ferguson , Woodburn and Wedge, Reno, Nevada, for Defendant-Appellant Walker River Irrigation District.

Simeon Herskovits (argued), Advocates for Community & Environment, El Prado, New Mexico; Sean A. Rowe , Mineral County District Attorney, Hawthorne, Nevada; for Plaintiff-Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant Mineral County and Defendant-Appellant Walker Lake Working Group.

Wes Williams Jr. , Law Offices of Wes Williams Jr. P.C., Schurz, Nevada, for Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant Walker River Paiute Tribe.

Karen A. Peterson (argued), Justin M. Townsend , Kyle A. Winter , and Willis M. Wagner , Allison MacKenzie Ltd., Carson City, Nevada, for Participant-Appellee United States Board of Water Commissioners.

Elizabeth Ann Peterson , David L. Negri , Andrew "Guss" Guarino , Katherine J. Barton , David C. Shilton , and William B. Lazarus , Attorneys; John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General; United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Jan Zabriskie , Deputy Attorney General; Annadel A. Almendras and Tracy L. Winsor , Supervising Deputy Attorneys General; Robert W. Byrne , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California; for Amicus Curiae California State Water Resources Control Board.

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Raymond C. Fisher, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

ORDER AND AMENDED OPINION

Amicus the California State Water Resources Control Board's request for modification filed in 15-16321 and 15-16323 on June 7, 2018 is GRANTED.

The Opinion filed May 22, 2018, appearing at 890 F.3d 1134, is amended as follows:

1. At 890 F.3d at 1146, footnote 11, replace "The California Control Board only has authority over water rights established after 1914, when the Board...

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