United States v. Truckee-Carson Irrigation District

720 F.2d 622 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 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. Nov. 14, 1983. Robert S. Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., argued for Paiute Tribe; Robert D. Stitser, Reno, Nev., on brief. Joseph J. Brecher, Oakland, Cal., Phillip Shea, Mark, Shea & Wilks, Phoenix, Ariz., Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Washington, D.C., amicus curiae. 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 Irr. Dist.; Paul W. Freitag, Sparks, Nev., Nada Novakovich, Jack I. McAuliffe, Maurice J. Sullivan, Robert L. Van Wagoner and Richard W. Blakey, Reno, Nev., M. Bryon Lewis and Fredrick J. Martone,…