STATE v. U.S. E.P.A.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Brightbill , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C. ( Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Assistant Attorney General; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; and Brian C. Toth and Robert J. Lundman , Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; and Matthew Z. Leopold , General Counsel; David Fotouhi , Principal Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and Craig Schmauder , Deputy General Counsel, Department of the Army; and David R. Cooper , Chief Counsel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with him on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellants.

Glenn E. Roper , Pacific Legal Foundation, Highlands Ranch, Colorado ( Anthony L. Francois and Charles T. Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, with him on the briefs), for Intervenor Defendants-Appellants Chantell and Michael Sackett.

Timothy S. Bishop ( Brett E. Legner and Colleen M. Campbell , with him on the briefs), Mayer Brown, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor Defendants-Appellants American Farm Bureau Federation; American Petroleum Institute; American Road and Transportation Builders Association; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Leading Builders of America; National Alliance of Forest Owners; National Association of Home Builders; National Cattlemen's Beef Association; National Corn Growers Association; National Mining Association; National Pork Producers Council; National Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association; Public Lands Council; and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association.

Eric Olsen ( Philip J. Weiser , Colorado Attorney General; Carrie Noteboom , First Assistant Colorado Attorney General; Annette Quill and Jennifer H. Hunt , Senior Assistant Attorneys General, with him on the briefs), Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stephen H. Leonhardt , Scott A. Clark , and April D. Hendricks , Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Greenwood Village, Colorado, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Colorado Water Congress.

Stephen H. Leonhardt , Scott A. Clark , April D. Hendricks , and Kole W. Kelley , Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., Greenwood Village, Colorado, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Colorado Farm Bureau, Colorado Dairy Farmers, Colorado Pork Producers Council, Colorado Livestock Association, Colorado Cattlemen's Association, and Colorado Corn Growers Association.

Jill Elise Grant and Ian Paul Fisher , Jill Grant & Associates, Washington, D.C.; and Doreen N. McPaul , Attorney General, Paul Spruhan , Assistant Attorney General, and Michelle Brown Yazzie , Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Window Rock, Arizona, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Navajo Nation.

J. Blanding Holman IV , Megan Hinkle Huynh , and Carl Brzorad , Southern Environmental Law Center, Charleston, South Carolina; Charles de Saillan , Douglas Meiklejohn , and Eric Jantz , New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Enrique Romero , New Mexico Acequia Association, Santa Fe, New Mexico, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Amigos Bravos, New Mexico Acequia Association, and Gila River Resources Information Project.

Richard L. Revesz , Bethany A. Davis Noll , Max Sarinsky , and Jason A. Schwartz , Institute for Policy Integrity, New York, New York, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Institute for Policy Integrity.

Joro Walker , Western Resource Advocates, Boulder, Colorado, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Western Resource Advocates and Conservation Colorado.

Before McHUGH, BALDOCK, and EID, Circuit Judges.