Minidoka Irrigation District v. Department Of Interior

406 F.3d 567 MINIDOKA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, OF THE UNITED STATES; Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior; John W. Keys, III, Commissioner of Reclamation; J. William McDonald, * Regional Director of Reclamation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-35697. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 16, 2005. Filed April 15, 2005. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing En Banc July 6, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Beverly J. Singleman, Hubert & Hernandez, P.A., Las Cruces, NM, for the appellant. Thomas E. Moss, United States Attorney for the District of Idaho, and Robert C. Grisham, Assistant United States Attorney, Boise, ID, for the appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho; B. Lynn Winmill, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-91-00529-BLW. Before B. FLETCHER, McKEOWN, and GOULD, Circuit Judges. GOULD, Circuit Judge. 1 The Minidoka Irrigation District ("MID") sued the federal government alleging, inter alia, that the government had breached its contract to credit MID with profits derived from the operation of the Minidoka Project power plant. On remand from our…