City of Anaheim, California v. Kleppe

590 F.2d 285 CITY OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, City of Riverside, California, City of Banning, California, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas E. KLEPPE, Individually and as Secretary of the Interior, Gilbert Stamm, Individually and as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C., Arizona Public Service Company, Tucson Gas and Electric Company, Nevada Power Company and Southern California Edison Company, Defendants-Appellees. No. 77-2431. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 13, 1978. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied Feb. 20, 1979. Robert L. Klarquist, Atty., Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees. Daniel I. Davidson, Washington, D. C., and Daniel J. McAuliffe, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before MERRILL and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and TANNER * , District Judge. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 The cities of Anaheim, Riverside, and Banning, California, (the Cities) appeal from the district court's denial of their prayer for a preliminary injunction. We affirm. 2 On June 14, 1968, the Secretary of the Interior informed a meeting of…