Grand Canyon Dories, Inc. v. Idaho Outfitters And Guides Board

709 F.2d 1250 GRAND CANYON DORIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, and James Gellein, dba Flying H Ranch, Plaintiff, v. IDAHO OUTFITTERS AND GUIDES BOARD; Rex Lanham; Bill Guth, Jr.; James E. Baughman; and Lon S. Jarvis, Defendants-Appellees. No. 81-3599. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 7, 1982. Decided June 7, 1983. James Reid, Reid & Morfitt, Boise, Idaho, for plaintiff-appellant. Don A. Olowinski, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boise, Idaho, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Before WALLACE, FARRIS, and NELSON, Circuit Judges. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 Grand Canyon Dories, Inc. (Grand Canyon Dories) conducts a commercial white-water rafting operation on portions of the Snake River that flow through Idaho. The parties stipulated that the Snake River is a navigable body of water in the federal sense, that the United States Coast Guard, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Forest Service all have jurisdiction over certain activities connected with Grand Canyon Dories's Snake River expeditions, and that Grand Canyon Dories uses Idaho's side of the river for both rafting and camping. The State…