United States v. Gila Valley Irrigation District State of Arizona v. Gila River Indian Community San Carlos Apache Tribe San Carlos Irrigation District, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees

31 F.3d 1428 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GILA VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al.; State of Arizona, Defendants-Appellants, v. GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY; San Carlos Apache Tribe; San Carlos Irrigation District, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 93-15076. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 16, 1994. Submission Deferred March 25, 1994. Resubmitted July 6, 1994. Decided July 13, 1994. L. Anthony Fines, Raven, Kirschner & Norell, Tucson, AZ, for defendants-appellants. Robert L. Klarquist, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Div., Washington DC, for plaintiff-appellee. Alfred S. Cox, Cox and Cox, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiffs-intervenors-appellees. Joe P. Sparks, Kevin T. Tehan, Scottsdale, AZ, and John H. Ryley, Phoenix, AZ, for San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona, plaintiffs-intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before: CHOY, REINHARDT, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. CHOY, Circuit Judge: I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1 This is an appeal from the district court's interpretation of an elaborate Consent Decree entered in 1935. The dispute…