Kennewick Irrigation District v. United States of America, Kennewick Irrigation District Burlington Northern Railroad Company National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. United States of America, Kennewick Irrigation District v. United States

880 F.2d 1018 KENNEWICK IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant. KENNEWICK IRRIGATION DISTRICT; Burlington Northern Railroad Company; National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant. KENNEWICK IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 87-4203, 87-4204 and 88-3800. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 14, 1988. Submission Withdrawn Feb. 24, 1989. Resubmitted March 21, 1989. Decided July 12, 1989. As Amended Aug. 28 and Oct. 23, 1989. Irene M. Solet, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant. Robert J. Crotty and Andrew C. Bohrnsen, Lukins & Annis, P.S., and John C. Riseborough, Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller, Spokane, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellees. Westland, Liebler, Ivey, Larsen, Quigley & Hugill, Kennewick, Wash., for the Kennewick Irrigation Dist. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before WRIGHT, J. WALLACE and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. WALLACE, Circuit…