Opinion

Pyramid Lake Paiute v. Board of Directors

Court
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Filed
Jul 22, 2013
Status
Published
Nature of suit
Civil
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , No. 05-16154

Plaintiff-Appellee,

D.C. No.

v. CV-95-00757-

HDM

ARTHUR W. BELL, IV; PERALDO

BROTHERS; CHRISTINE L. MATLEY

FAMILY TRUST ; RAY CONLAN ;

FRANCIS E. DUBOIS, III; FALLON

PAIUTE SHOSHONE INDIAN TRIBE ;

CITY OF FALLON ; FREY RANCH

PARTNERSHIP; DEBRA S. FREY ;

CHARLES P. FREY , JR.; CALVIN R.

MOFFITT ; STATE OF NV DIV OF L,

Division of Lands; STATE OF

NEVADA PAROLE DEPT ., Division of

Wildlife; STILLWATER FARMS INC.;

THE LARRY FRITZ FAMILY TRUST ;

TOWN OF FERNLEY ,

Defendants,

and

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TCID

(TRUCKEE IRRIGATION DISTRICT ),

Defendant-Appellant.

2 UNITED STATES V . BELL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , No. 05-16157

Plaintiff-Appellant,

D.C. No.

v. CV-95-00757-

HDM

ARTHUR W. BELL, IV; PERALDO

BROTHERS; CHRISTINE L. MATLEY

FAMILY TRUST ; RAY CONLAN ;

FRANCIS E. DUBOIS, III; FALLON

PAIUTE SHOSHONE INDIAN TRIBE ;

CITY OF FALLON ; FREY RANCH

PARTNERSHIP; DEBRA S. FREY ;

CHARLES P. FREY , JR.; CALVIN R.

MOFFITT ; STATE OF NV DIV OF L,

Division of Lands; STATE OF

NEVADA PAROLE DEPT ., Division of

Wildlife; STILLWATER FARMS INC.;

THE LARRY FRITZ FAMILY TRUST ;

TOWN OF FERNLEY ,

Defendants,

and

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TCID

(TRUCKEE IRRIGATION DISTRICT )

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District,

Defendant-Appellee.

UNITED STATES V . BELL 3

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , No. 05-16158

Plaintiff-Appellee,

D.C. No.

v. CV-95-00757-

HDM

ARTHUR W. BELL, IV; PERALDO

BROTHERS; CHRISTINE L. MATLEY

FAMILY TRUST ; RAY CONLAN ;

FRANCIS E. DUBOIS, III; FALLON

PAIUTE SHOSHONE INDIAN TRIBE ;

CITY OF FALLON ; FREY RANCH

PARTNERSHIP; DEBRA S. FREY ;

CHARLES P. FREY , JR.; CALVIN R.

MOFFITT ; STILLWATER FARMS, INC.;

THE LARRY FRITZ FAMILY TRUST ;

TOWN OF FERNLEY ; BOARD OF

DIRECTORS OF TCID (TRUCKEE

IRRIGATION DISTRICT ), Truckee-

Carson Irrigation District,

Defendants,

and

STATE OF NEVADA , DIVISION OF

LANDS; STATE OF NEVADA DIVISION

OF WILD LIFE ,

Defendants-Appellants.

4 UNITED STATES V . BELL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , No. 05-16187

Plaintiff,

D.C. No.

v. CV-95-00757-

HDM

ARTHUR W. BELL, IV; PERALDO

BROTHERS; CHRISTINE L. MATLEY

FAMILY TRUST ; RAY CONLAN ;

FRANCIS E. DUBOIS, III; FALLON

PAIUTE SHOSHONE INDIAN TRIBE ;

CITY OF FALLON ; FREY RANCH

PARTNERSHIP; DEBRA S. FREY ;

CHARLES P. FREY , JR.; CALVIN R.

MOFFITT ; STATE OF NV DIV OF L,

Division of Lands; STATE OF

NEVADA PAROLE DEPT ., Division of

Wildlife; STILLWATER FARMS INC.;

THE LARRY FRITZ FAMILY TRUST ;

TOWN OF FERNLEY ,

Defendants,

and

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TCID

(TRUCKEE IRRIGATION DISTRICT )

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District,

Defendant-Appellee.

UNITED STATES V . BELL 5

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , No. 05-16189

Plaintiff-Appellee,

D.C. No.

v. CV-95-00757-

HDM

ARTHUR W. BELL, IV,

Defendant,

FRANCIS E. DUBOIS, III; FALLON

PAIUTE SHOSHONE INDIAN TRIBE ,

Defendants,

FREY RANCH PARTNERSHIP; DEBRA

S. FREY ; CHARLES P. FREY , JR.,

Defendants,

STATE OF NV DIV OF L, Division of

Lands; STATE OF NEVADA PAROLE

DEPT ., Division of Wildlife;

STILLWATER FARMS, INC.,

Defendants,

TOWN OF FERNLEY ; BOARD OF

DIRECTORS OF TCID (TRUCKEE

IRRIGATION DISTRICT ), Truckee-

Carson Irrigation District,

Defendants,

and

6 UNITED STATES V . BELL

PERALDO BROTHERS; CHRISTINE L.

MATLEY FAMILY TRUST ; RAY

CONLAN ,

Defendants-Appellants,

CITY OF FALLON ,

Defendant-Appellant,

CALVIN R. MOFFITT ,

Defendant-Appellant,

THE LARRY FRITZ FAMILY TRUST ,

Defendant-Appellant.

UNITED STATES V . BELL 7

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , No. 05-16909

Plaintiff-Appellee,

D.C. No.

v. CV-95-00757-

HDM

ARTHUR W. BELL, IV; PERALDO

BROTHERS; CHRISTINE L. MATLEY

FAMILY TRUST ; RAY CONLAN ; ORDER

FRANCIS E. DUBOIS, III; FALLON

PAIUTE SHOSHONE INDIAN TRIBE ;

CITY OF FALLON ; FREY RANCH

PARTNERSHIP; DEBRA S. FREY ;

CHARLES P. FREY , JR.; CALVIN R.

MOFFITT ; STATE OF NV DIV OF L,

Division of Lands; STATE OF

NEVADA PAROLE DEPT ., Division of

Wildlife; STILLWATER FARMS INC.;

THE LARRY FRITZ FAMILY TRUST ;

TOWN OF FERNLEY ,

Defendants,

and

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TCID

(TRUCKEE IRRIGATION DISTRICT )

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District,

Defendant-Appellant.

8 UNITED STATES V . BELL

Filed July 22, 2013

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Marsha S. Berzon

and Jay S. Bybee1, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

The mandate of June 30, 2010 is withdrawn. The Opinion

filed on April 20, 2010, is amended as follows: on slip

Opinion page 5872, replace the Conclusion with the

following:

For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the

district court with respect to prejudgment and

postjudgment interest is vacated and

remanded for further consideration. The

judgment with respect to amounts of

recoupment for excess diversions in 1974,

1975, 1978, 1979, and spills in 1979 and

1980, as well as the denial of recoupment for

excess diversions in the years 1973, 1976,

1985, and 1986, is vacated and remanded for

recalculation of the effect of gauge error. The

judgment with respect to spills from 1981–84

is vacated and remanded for a determination

of the amount of water spilled during those

years. The judgment of the district court is

otherwise affirmed.

1

Judge Bybee was drawn to replace Judge Shadur.

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