W.O. Narramore v. United States

852 F.2d 485 W.O. NARRAMORE and Eliza Narramore, Trustees of the Narramore Investment Trust, S.L. Narramore and Ralph Narramore, Trustees of the S.L. Narramore Trust, Gila River Land Co., an Arizona corporation, James Bond, J & R Limited, an Arizona corporation, and John W. Hadley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. No. 87-2139. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 15, 1988. Decided July 25, 1988. Richard A. Black, Black, Robertshaw, Copple & Pozgay, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants. James T. Draude, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before KOELSCH and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and REA, * District judge. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW 1 Appellants are owners of 5,398 acres of land subject to flowage easements within the Painted Rock Reservoir. The United States obtained the easements in earlier condemnation actions. The landowners brought an action against the United States, asserting that the Corps of Engineers' operation of Painted Rock Dam and Reservoir exceeds the scope of…