United States v. Gila Valley Irrigation District, United States of America v. Gila Valley Irrigation District State of Arizona v. Gila River Indian Community, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant

961 F.2d 1432 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GILA VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al., Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. GILA VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al.; State of Arizona, Defendants-Appellees, v. Gila River Indian Community, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant. Nos. 90-16764, 90-16811. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 9, 1992. Decided April 17, 1992. L. Anthony Fines, Stompoly & Stroud, Tucson, Ariz., for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees, Gila Valley Irr. Dist. Robert L. Klarquist, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee, U.S. Alfred S. Cox, Cox & Cox, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant, Gila River Indian Community. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before: NOONAN, TROTT and RYMER, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 The United States, the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), and the San Carlos Apache Tribe brought suit against the Gila Valley Irrigation District (GVID), the state of Arizona, and other defendants, alleging that the various defendants were…