United States of America Nevada State Engineer, County of Churchill, and City of Fallon v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, and Hugh Ricci, United States of America Nevada State Engineer, City of Fallon, and County of Churchill v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, and Hugh Ricci

341 F.3d 1172 UNITED STATES of America; Nevada State Engineer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, County of Churchill, Petitioner-Appellant, and City of Fallon, Petitioner, v. ALPINE LAND & RESERVOIR COMPANY, Defendant, and Hugh Ricci, Respondent-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America; Nevada State Engineer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, City of Fallon, Petitioner-Appellant, and County of Churchill, Petitioner, v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, Defendant, and Hugh Ricci, Respondent-Appellee. No. 01-16694. No. 01-16789. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 7, 2002 — San Francisco, California. Filed September 4, 2003. Richard G. Campbell, Jr., Reno, Nevada, for appellant Churchill County. Steven King, Fallon, Nevada, for appellant City of Fallon. Susan Pacholski, Andrew Mergen & Stephen MacFarlane, DOJ, Washington, DC, Thomas Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, Sacramento, California, and Karen Koch, Sacramento, California, for appellee United States. Michael L. Wolz, Deputy Attorney General and Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada, for appellee Nevada State Engineer. Appeal from the United States District Court for the…