Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Ellis Armstrong, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., and the Sierra Club v. Ellis Armstrong, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation

487 F.2d 814 6 ERC 1068 , 4 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,001 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ellis ARMSTRONG, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, and The Sierra Club, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ellis ARMSTRONG, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 72-2997, 72-3170. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Nov. 9, 1973. John A. Edginton (argued), Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., Michael W. Palmer (argued), Thomas J. Graff, the Environmental Defense Fund, Berkeley, Cal., Harry D. Page, Paul A. Dezurick, Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Edmund B. Clark, (argued), Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Thomas J. Shepard, (argued), Robert C. Morrison, Neumiller, Beardslee, Siegert, Glahn, Shepard & Greene, Stockton, Cal., Kent Frizzell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., David E. Golay, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Richard W. Dickenson, County Counsel, Michael N. Garrigan, Deputy County Counsel, Stockton, Cal., Douglas N. King,…