Joint Board Of Control Of The Flathead, Mission And Jocko Irrigation Districts v. United States

862 F.2d 195 JOINT BOARD OF CONTROL OF the FLATHEAD, MISSION AND JOCKO IRRIGATION DISTRICTS, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; United States Department of the Interior; the Honorable Donald Hodel, Secretary of the Interior; the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an Agency within the Department of Interior; Stanley Speaks, Director, Portland Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs; and the Flathead Irrigation and Power Project, an Agency within the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Wyman Babby, Superintendent of the Flathead Agency; Defendants/Appellees, and The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Intervenor-Defendant/Appellee. No. 87-4106. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 6, 1988. Decided Nov. 29, 1988. Stanley T. Kaleczyc, Helena, Mont., for plaintiff/appellant. Maria U. Iizuka, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants/appellees, and Patrick L. Smith, Pablo, Mont., for defendant-intervenor/appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before SCHROEDER, ALARCON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiff/Appellant the Joint Board of Control…