Arizona Power Authority v. Morton

549 F.2d 1231 ARIZONA POWER AUTHORITY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Electrical District No. 2, Pinal County, Arizona, Intervenor-Plaintiff- Appellant, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Individually and as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, and Ellis L. Armstrong, Individually and as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees. Northern Division Power Association, Inc., Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee. No. 75-2141. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Jan. 17, 1977. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 28, 1977. Melvin Richter (argued), Washington D. C., for plaintiffs-appellants. Robert L. Klarquist, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. George K. Fadel (argued), Bountiful, Utah, for intervenors-defendants-appellees. Before BROWNING and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and FERGUSON, * District Judge. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 Water is the precious lifeblood of the Southwest. 1 In recognition of this fact, Congress has authorized several extensive projects for the development of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin, the principal drainage system of the…