United States v. The State Of California

558 F.2d 1347 10 ERC 1623 , 9 ERC 2062 , 7 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,351, 7 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,801 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The STATE OF CALIFORNIA, State Water Resources Control Board, W. W. Adams, Chairman, Ronald B. Robie, Vice Chairman, Roy E. Dodson, Jean Auer, and W. Don Maughan, as members of the State Water Resources Control Board, Defendants-Appellants. No. 75-3554. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. April 1, 1977. Rehearing Denied Aug. 12, 1977. Evelle J. Younger, Atty. Gen., Carl Boronkay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Rokerick E. Walston, argued, and Richard C. Jacobs, Deputy Attys. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Carl Strass, Atty., argued, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before DUNIWAY, CARTER and WALLACE, Circuit Judges. DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge: 1 The State of California and its State Water Resources Control Board appeal from judgment for the United States entered by the District Court for the Eastern District of California. The opinion and judgment of that court was reported in…