United States v. Truckee-Carson Irrigation District

649 F.2d 1286 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. TRUCKEE-CARSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT, STATE OF NEVADA, Sierra Pacific Power Company, City of Reno, City of Sparks, County of Washoe, and Washoe County Treasurer, Trustee, Albert A. Alcorn, and Approximately 17,000 Other Individually Named Persons, Firms, Partnerships, and Corporations, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 78-1115, 78-1493. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 15, 1980. Decided June 15, 1981. As Modified July 10, 1981. Robert S. Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., argued for Paiute Tribe; Joseph J. Brecher, Oakland, Ca., Phillip Shea, Mark, Shen & Wilks, Phoenix, Ariz., Arthur Lazarus, J., Washington, D.C., amicus curiae. Robert D. Stitser, Reno, Nev., on brief. Peter Steenland, Jr., Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the U. S. John W. Hoffman, Reno, Nev., argued for the State of Nev.; Gordon H. De Paoli, Reno, Nev., argued for Sierra Pacific; Frederick G. Girard, Sacramento, Cal., argued for Truckee-Carson Irrigation Dist.; M. Bryon Lewis and Fredrick J., Martone, Phoenix, Ariz., Jarold M. Young,…