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Diversions, Return Flows, and Consumptive Use of Colorado River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES


No. 8, Orig.


State of Arizona, Plaintiff,

v.

State of California et al.


On Joint Motion to Enter

Supplemental Decree and Motions for Leave to Intervene.


{January 9, 1979}

Per Curiam,


The United States of America, Intervenor, State of Arizona, Complainant, the California Defendants (State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, City of San Diego, County of San Diego), and State of Nevada, Intervenor, pursuant to Art. VI of the Decree entered in the case on March 9, 1964, at 376 U.S. 340, and amended on February 28, 1966, at 383 U.S. 268, have agreed to the present perfected rights to the use of mainstream water in each State and their priority dates as set forth herein. Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the joint motion of the United States, the State of Arizona, the California Defendants, and the State of Nevada to enter a supplemental decree is granted and that said present perfected rights in each State and their priority dates are determined to be as set forth below, subject to the following:


(1) The following listed present perfected rights relate to the quantity of water which may be used by each claimant and the list is not intended to limit or redefine the type of use otherwise set forth in said Decree.


(2) This determination shall in no way affect future adjustments resulting from determinations relating to settlement of Indian reservation boundaries referred to in Art. II(D)(5) of said Decree.


(3) Article IX of said Decree is not affected by this list of present perfected rights.


(4) Any water right listed herein may be exercised only for beneficial uses.


(5) In the event of a determination of insufficient mainstream water to satisfy present perfected rights pursuant to Art. II(B)(3) of said Decree, the Secretary of the Interior shall, before providing for the satisfaction any of the other present perfected rights except for those listed herein as "MISCELLANEOUS PRESENT PERFECTED RIGHTS" (rights numbered 7-21 and 29-80 below) in the order of their priority dates without regard to State lines, first provide for the satisfaction in full of all rights of the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation, Cocopah Indian Reservation, Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, Colorado River Indian Reservation, and the Fort Mohave Indian Reservation as set forth in Art. II(D)(1)-(5) of said Decree, provided that the quantities fixed in paragraphs (1) through (5) of Art. II(D) of said Decree shall continue to be subject to appropriate adjustment by agreement or decree of this Court in the event that the boundaries of the respective reservations are finally determined. Additional present perfected rights so adjudicated by such adjustment shall be in annual quantities not to exceed the quantities of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation of the practicably irrigable acres which are included within any area determined to be within a reservation by such final determination of a boundary and for the satisfaction of related uses. The quantities of diversions are to be computed by determining net practicable irrigable acres within each additional area using the methods set forth by the Special Master in this case in his Report to this Court dated December 5, 1960, and by applying the unit diversion quantities thereto, as listed below:



Indian Reservation

Unit Diversion

Quantity Acre-Feet

Per Irrigable Acre


Cocopah

6.37


Colorado River

6.67


Chemehuevi

5.97


Ft. Mohave

6.46


Ft. Yuma

6.67


The foregoing reference to a quantity of water necessary to supply consumptive use required for irrigation, and as that provision is included within paragraphs (1) through (5) of Art. II(D) of said Decree, shall constitute the means of determining quantity of adjudicated water rights but shall not constitute a restriction of the usage of them to irrigation or other agricultural application. If all or part of the adjudicated water rights of any of the five Indian Reservations is used other than for irrigation or other agricultural application, the total consumptive use, as that term is defined in Art. I(A) of said Decree, for said Reservation shall not exceed the consumptive use that would have resulted if the diversions listed in subparagraph (i) of paragraphs (1) through (5) of Art. II(D) of said Decree and the equivalent portions of any supplement thereto had been used for irrigation of the number of acres specified for that Reservation in said paragraphs and supplement and for the satisfaction of related uses. Effect shall be given to this paragraph notwithstanding the priority dates of the present perfected rights as listed below. However, nothing in this paragraph (5) shall affect the order in which such rights listed below as "MISCELLANEOUS PRESENT PERFECTED RIGHTS" (numbered 7-21 and 29-80 below) shall be satisfied. Furthermore, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to determine the order of satisfying any other Indian water rights claims not herein specified.


I


ARIZONA


A. Federal Establishments Present Perfected Rights


The federal establishments named in Art. II, subdivision (D), paragraphs (2), (4) and (5), of the Decree entered March 9, 1964, in this case, such rights having been decreed in Art. II:




Defined Area of Land

Annual Diversions

(acre-feet)1



Net Acres1



Priority Date

1) Cocopah Indian Reservation

2,744

431

Sept. 27, 1917

2) Colorado River Indian

Reservation

358,400

252,016

51,986

53,768

37,808

7,799

Mar. 3, 1865

Nov. 22, 1873

Nov. 16, 1874

3) Fort Mojave Indian

Reservation

27,969

68,447

4,327

10,589

Sept. 18, 1890

Feb. 2, 1911


B. Water Projects Present Perfected Rights

(4)

The Valley Division, Yuma Project in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 254,200 acre-feet of diversions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation of 43,562 acres and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, with a priority date of 1901.


(5)

The Yuma Auxiliary Project, Unit B in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 6,800 acre-feet of diversions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation of 1,225 acres and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, with a priority date of July 8, 1905.


(6)

The North Gila Valley Unit, Yuma Mesa Division, Gila Project in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 24,500 acre-feet of diversions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation of 4,030 acres and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, with a priority date of July 8, 1905.

C. Miscellaneous Present Perfected Rights


1. The following miscellaneous present perfected rights in Arizona in annual quantities of water not to exceed the listed acre-feet of diversion from the mainstream to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation and the satisfaction of related uses within the boundaries of the land described and with the priority dates listed.



Defined Area of Land

Annual Diversions (acre-feet)


Priority

Date

7)

160 acres in Lots 21, 24, and 25, Sec. 29 and Lots 15, 16, 17 and 18, and the SW¼ of the SE¼, Sec. 30, T. 16 S., R. 22 E., San Bernardino Base and Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona. (Powers)2


960


1915

8)

Lots 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 22 and S½ of SW¼, Sec. 30, T. 16 S., R. 22 E., San Bernardino Base and Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona. (United States)3


1,140


1915

9)

60 acres within Lot 2, Sec. 15 and Lots 1 and 2, Sec. 22, T. 10 N., R. 19 W., G&SRBM. (Graham)2


360


1910

10)

180 acres within the N½ of the S½ and the S½ of the N½ of Sec. 13 and the SW¼ of the NE¼ of Sec. 14, T. 18 N., R. 22 W., G&SRBM. (Hulet)2


1,080


1902

11)

45 acres within the NE¼ of the SW¼, the SW¼ of the SW¼ and the SE¼ of the SW¼ of Sec. 11, T. 18 N., R. 22 W., G&SRBM.

80 acres within the N½ of the SW¼ of Sec. 11, T. 18 N., R. 22 W., G&SRBM.

10 acres within the NW¼ of the NE¼ of the NE¼ of Sec. 15, T. 18 N., R. 22 W., G&SRBM.

40 acres within the SE¼ of the SE¼ of Sec. 15, T. 18 N., R. 22 W., G&SRBM. (Hurschler)2




1,050




1902

12)

40 acres within Sec. 13, T. 17 N., R. 22 W., G&SRBM. (Miller)2


240


1902

13)

120 acres within Sec. 27, T. 18 N., R. 21 W., G&SRBM.

15 acres within NW¼ of the NW¼, Sec. 23, T. 18 N., R. 22 W, G&SRBM. (McKellips and Granite Reef Farms)4




810




1902

14)

180 acres within the NW¼ of the NE¼, the SW¼ of the NE¼, the NE¼ of the SW¼, the NW¼ of the SE¼, the NE¼ of the SE¼, and the SW¼ of the SE¼, and the SE¼ of the SE¼, Sec. 31, T. 18 N., R. 21 W., G&SRBM. (Sherrill & Lafollette)4


1,080



1902

15)

53.89 acres as follows:

Beginning at a point 995.1 feet easterly of the NW corner of the NE¼ of Sec. 10, T. 8 S., R. 22 W., Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian; on the northerly boundary of the said NE¼, which is the true point of beginning, then in a southerly direction to a point on the southerly boundary of the said NE¼ which is 991.2 feet E. of the SW corner of said NE¼ thence easterly along the S. line of the NE¼, a distance of 807.3 feet to a point, thence N. 0°7' W., 768.8 feet to a point, thence E. 124.0 feet to a point, thence northerly 0°14' W., 1,067.6 feet to a point, thence E. 130 feet to a point, thence northerly 0°20' W., 405.2 feet to a point, thence northerly 63°10' W., 506.0 feet to a point, thence northerly 90°15' W., 562.9 feet to a point on the northerly boundary of the said NE¼, thence easterly along the said northerly boundary of the said NE¼, 116.6 feet to the true point of the beginning containing 53.89 acres. All as more particularly described and set forth in that survey executed by Thomas A. Yowell, Land Surveyor on June 24, 1969. (Molina)4


318


1928

16)

60 acres within the NW¼ of the NW¼ and the north half of the SW¼ of the NW¼ of Sec. 14, T. 8 S., R. 22 W., G&SRBM.

70 acres within the S½ of the SW¼ of the SW¼, and the W½ of the SW¼, Sec. 14, T. 8 S., R. 22 W, G&SRBM. (Sturges)4




780




1925

17)

120 acres within the N½ NE¼, NE¼ NW¼, Section 23, T. 18 N., R. 22 W., G&SRBM. (Zozaya)4


720


1912

18)

40 acres in the W½ of the NE¼ of Section 30, and 60 acres in the W½ of the SE¼ of Section 30, and 60 acres in the E½ of the NW¼ of Section 31, comprising a total of 160 acres all in Township 18 North, Range 21 West of the G&SRBM. (Swan)4


960


1902

19)

7 acres in the East 300 feet of the W½ of Lot 1 (Lot 1, being the SE¼ SE¼, 40 acres more or less), Section 28, Township 16 South, Range 22 East, San Bernardino Meridian, lying North of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation levee right of way, EXCEPT that portion conveyed to the United States of America by instrument recorded in Docket 417, page 150 EXCEPTING any portion of the East 300 feet of W½ of Lot 1 within the natural bed of the Colorado River below the line of ordinary high water and also EXCEPTING any artificial accretions waterward of said line of ordinary high water, all of which comprises approximately seven (7) acres. (Milton and Jean Phillips)4


42


1900

2. The following miscellaneous present perfected rights in Arizona in annual quantities of water not to exceed the listed number of acre-feet of (i) diversions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, for domestic, municipal, and industrial purposes within the boundaries of the land described and with the priority dates listed:




Defined Area of Land


Annual Diversions (acre-feet)

Annual Consumptive Use

(acre-feet)




Priority Date

20) City of Parker2

630

400

1905

21) City of Yuma 2

2,333

1,478

1893

II


CALIFORNIA


A. Federal Establishments Present Perfected Rights


The federal establishments named in Art. II, subdivision (D), paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and (5) of the Decree entered March 9, 1964, in this case such rights having been decreed by Art. II:



Defined Area of Land

Annual Diversions (acre-feet)5



Net Acres5



Priority Date

22)

Chemehuevi Indian Reservation


11,340


1,900


Feb. 2, 1907

23) Yuma Indian Reservation

51,616

7,743

Jan. 9, 1884

24)

Colorado River Indian Reservation

10,745

40,241

3,760

1,612

6,037

564

Nov. 22, 1873

Nov. 16, 1874

May 15, 1876

25) Fort Mohave Indian Reservation

13,698

2,119

Sept. 18, 1890



B. Water Districts and Projects Present Perfected Rights


(26)

The Palo Verde Irrigation District in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 219,780 acre-feet of diversions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation of 33,604 acres and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, with a priority date of 1877.


(27)

The Imperial Irrigation District in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 2,600,000 acre-feet of diversions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation of 424,145 acres and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, with a priority date of 1901.


(28)

The Reservation Division, Yuma Project, California (non-Indian portion) in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 38,270 acre-feet of diversions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation of 6,294 acres and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, with a priority date of July 8, 1905.



C. Miscellaneous Present Perfected Rights


1. The following miscellaneous present perfected rights in California in annual quantities of water not to exceed the listed number of acre-feet of diversion from the mainstream to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation and the satisfaction of related uses within the boundaries of the land described and with the priority dates listed:



Defined Area of Land

Annual Diversions (acre-feet)


Priority

Date

29)

130 acres within Lots 1, 2, and 3, SE¼ of NE¼ of Section 27, T. 16 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B.& M. (Wavers)6


780


1856

30)

40 acres within W½, W½ of E½ of Section 1, T. 9 N., R. 22 E., S.B.B.& M. (Stephenson)6


240


1923

31)

20 acres within Lots 1 and 2, Sec. 19, T. 13 S., R. 23 E., and Lots 2, 3, and 4 of Sec. 24, T. 13 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B.& M. (Mendivil)6


120


1893

32)

30 acres within NW¼ of SE¼, S½ of SE¼, Sec. 24, and NW¼ of NE¼ Sec. 25, all in T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B.& M. (Grannis)6


180


1928

33)

25 acres within Lot 6, Sec. 5; and Lots 1 and 2, SW¼ of NE¼, and NE¼ of SE¼ of Sec. 8, and Lots 1 & 2 of Sec. 9, all in T. 13 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B.& M. (Morgan)6


150


1913

34)

18 acres within E½ of NW¼ and W½ of NE¼ of Sec. 14, T. 10 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B.& M. (Milpitas)6


108


1918

35)

10 acres within N½ of NE¼, SE¼ of NE¼, and NE¼ of SE¼, Sec. 30, T. 9 N., R. 23 E., S.B.B.& M. (Simons)6


60


1889

36)

16 acres within E½ of NW¼ and N½ of SW¼, Sec. 12, T. 9 N., R. 22 E., S.B.B.& M. (Colo. R. Sportsmen's League)6


96


1921

37)

11.5 acres within E½ of NW¼, Sec. 1, T. 10 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B.& M. (Milpitas)6


69


1914

38)

11 acres within S½ of SW¼, Sec. 12, T. 9 N., R. 22 E., S.B.B.& M. (Andrade)6


66


1921

39)

6 acres within Lots 2, 3, and 7 and NE¼ of SW¼, Sec. 19, T. 9 N., R. 23 E., S.B.B.& M. (Reynolds)6


36


1904

40)

10 acres within N½ of NE¼, SE¼ of NE¼ and NE¼ of SE¼, Sec. 24, T. 9 N., R. 22 E., S.B.B.& M. (Cooper)6


60


1905

41)

20 acres within SW¼ of SW¼ (Lot 8), Sec. 19, T. 9 N., R. 23 E., S.B.B.& M. (Chagnon)7


120


1925

42)

20 acres within NE¼ of SW¼, N½ of SE¼, SE¼ of SE¼, Sec. 14, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B.& M. (Lawrence)7


120


1915

2. The following miscellaneous present perfected rights in California in annual quantities of water not to exceed the listed number of acre-feet of (i) diversions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, for domestic, municipal, and industrial purposes within the boundaries of the land described and with the priority dates listed:




Defined Area of Land


Annual Diversions (acre-feet)

Annual Consumptive Use

(acre-feet)




Priority Date

43)

City of Needles6


1,500


950


1855

44)

Portions of: Secs. 5, 6, 7 & 8, T. 7 N., R. 24 E.; Sec. 1, T. 7 N., R. 23 E.; Secs. 4, 5, 9, 10, 15, 22, 23, 25, 26, 35, & 36, T. 8 N., R. 23 E.; Secs. 19, 29, 30, 32 & 33, T. 9 N., R. 23 E., S.B.B. & M. (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.)6


1,260


273


1896

45)

Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & SW¼ NW¼ of Sec. 5, T. 13 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Conger)7


1.0


0.6


1921

46)

Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 of Sec. 32, T. 11 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (G. Draper)7


1.0


0.6


1923

47)

Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and SE¼ SW¼ of Sec. 20, T. 11 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (McDonough)7


1.0


0.6


1919

48)

SW¼ of Sec. 25, T. 8 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Faubion)7


1.0


0.6


1925

49)

W½ NW¼ of Sec. 12, T. 9 N, R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Dudley)7


1.0


0.6


1922

50)

N½ SE¼ and Lots 1 and 2 of Sec. 13, T. 8 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Douglas)7


1.0


0.6


1916

51)

N½ SW¼, NW¼ SE¼, Lots 6 and 7, Sec. 5, T. 9 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Beauchamp)7


1.0


0.6


1924

52)

NE¼ SE¼, SE¼ NE¼, and Lot 1, Sec. 26, T. 8 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Clark)7


1.0


0.6


1916

53)

N½ SW¼, NW¼ SE¼, SW¼ NE¼ Sec. 13, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Lawrence)7


1.0


0.6


1915

54)

N½ NE¼, E½ NW¼, Sec. 13, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (J. Graham)7


1.0


0.6


1914

55)

SE¼, Sec. 1, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Geiger)7


1.0


0.6


1910

56)

Fractional W½ of SW¼ (Lot 6) Sec. 6, T. 9 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Schneider)7


1.0


0.6


1917

57)

Lot 1, Sec. 15; Lots 1 & 2, Sec. 14; Lots 1 & 2, Sec. 23; all in T. 13 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Martinez)7


1.0


0.6


1895

58)

NE¼, Sec. 22, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Earle)7


1.0


0.6


1925

59)

NW¼ SE¼, Sec. 22, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Diehl)7


1.0


0.6


1928

60)

N½ NW¼, N½ NE¼, Sec. 23, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Reid)7


1.0


0.6


1912

61)

W½ SW¼, Sec. 23, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Graham)7


1.0


0.6


1916

62)

S½ NW¼, NE¼ SW¼, SW¼ NE¼, Sec. 23, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Cate)7


1.0


0.6


1919

63)

SE¼ NE¼, N½ SE¼, SE¼ SE¼, Sec. 23, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (McGee)7


1.0


0.6


1924

64)

SW¼ SE¼, SE¼ SW¼, Sec. 23, NE¼ NW¼, NW¼ NE¼, Sec. 26; all in T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Stallard)7


1.0


0.6


1924

65)

W½ SE¼, SE¼ SE¼, Sec. 26, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Randolph)7


1.0


0.6


1926

66)

E½ NE¼, SW¼ NE¼, SE¼ NW¼, Sec. 26, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Stallard)7


1.0


0.6


1928

67)

S½ SW¼, Sec. 13, N½ NW¼, Sec. 24; all in T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Keefe)7


1.0


0.6


1926

68)

SE¼ NW¼, NW¼ SE¼, Lots 2, 3 & 4, Sec. 25, T. 13 S., R. 23 E., S.B.B. & M. (C. Ferguson)7


1.0


0.6


1903

69)

Lots 4 & 7, Sec. 6; Lots 1 & 2, Sec. 7; all in T. 14 S., R. 24 E., S.B.B. & M. (W. Ferguson)7


1.0


0.6


1903

70)

SW¼ SE¼, Lots 2, 3, and 4, Sec. 24, T. 12 S., R. 21 E., Lot 2, Sec. 19, T. 12 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Vaulin)7


1.0


0.6


1920

71)

Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Sec. 25, T. 12 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Salisbury)7


1.0


0.6


1920

72)

Lots 2, 3, SE¼ SE¼, Sec. 15, NE¼ NE¼, Sec. 22; all in T. 13 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Hadlock)7


1.0


0.6


1924

73)

SW¼ NE¼, SE¼ NW¼, and Lots 7 & 8, Sec. 6, T. 9 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Streeter)7


1.0


0.6


1903

74)

Lot 4, Sec. 5; Lots 1 & 2, Sec. 7; Lots 1 & 2, Sec. 8; Lot 1, Sec. 18; all in T. 12 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (J. Draper)7


1.0


0.6


1903

75)

SW¼ NW¼, Sec. 5; SE¼ NE¼ and Lot 9, Sec. 6; all in T. 9 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Fitz)7


1.0


0.6


1912

76)

NW¼ NE¼, Sec. 26; Lots 2 & 3, W½ SE¼, Sec. 23; all in T. 8 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Williams)7


1.0


0.6


1909

77)

Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, Sec. 25, T. 8 S., R. 22 E., S.B.B. & M. (Estrada)7


1.0


0.6


1928

78)

S½ NW¼, Lot 1, frac. NE¼ SW¼, Sec. 25, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Whittle)7


1.0


0.6


1925

79)

N½ NW¼, Sec. 25; S½ SW¼, Sec 24; all in T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Corington)7


1.0


0.6


1928

80)

S½ NW¼, N½ SW¼, Sec. 24, T. 9 S., R. 21 E., S.B.B. & M. (Tolliver)7


1.0


0.6


1928

III


NEVADA


A. Federal Establishments Present Perfected Rights


The federal establishments named in Art. II, subdivision (D), paragraphs (5) and (6) of the Decree entered on March 9, 1964, in this case, such rights having been decreed by Art. II:



Defined Area of Land

Annual Diversions (acre-feet)



Net Acres



Priority Date

81)

Fort Mojave Indian Reservation


12,5348


1,9398


Sept. 18, 1890

82)

Lake Mead National Recreation Area (The Overton Area of Lake Mead N.R.A. provided in Executive Order 5105)


500


3009


May 3, 192910


It is ordered that Judge Elbert P. Tuttle be appointed Special Master in this case with authority to fix the time and conditions for the filing of additional pleadings and to direct subsequent proceedings, and with authority to summon witnesses, issue subpoenas, and take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem necessary to call for. The Master is directed to submit such reports as he may deem appropriate.


The Master shall be allowed his actual expenses. The allowances to him, the compensation paid to his technical, stenographic, and clerical assistants, the cost of printing his report, and all other proper expenses shall be charged against and borne by the parties in such proportion as the Court may hereafter direct.


It is further ordered that if the position of Special Master in this case becomes vacant during a recess of the Court, The Chief Justice shall have authority to make a new designation which shall have the same effect as if originally made by the Court.


It is further ordered that the motion of Fort Mohave Indian Tribe et al. for leave to intervene, insofar as it seeks intervention to oppose entry of the supplemental decree, is denied. In all other respects, this motion and the motion of Colorado River Indian Tribes et al. for leave to intervene are referred to the Special Master.


Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.


RALPH E. HUNSAKER, Phoenix, Ariz., for complainant; EVELLE J. YOUNGER, Attorney General, State of California (SANFORD N. GRUSKIN, Chief Assistant Attorney General, R.H. CONNETT and N. GREGORY TAYLOR, Assistant Attorneys General; EDWIN J. DUBIEL, DOUGLAS B. NOBLE, EMIL STIPANOVICH, JR., and ANITA E. RUUD, Deputy Attorneys General, ROBERT P. WILL and RICHARD PAUL GERBER, with him on the brief) for defendant; LOUIS F. CLAIBORNE, Assistant to the Solicitor General (WADE H. McCREE, JR., Solicitor General, JAMES W. MOORMAN, Assistant Attorney General, and MYLES E. FLINT, Justice Department attorney, with him on the brief) for intervenors; RAYMOND C. SIMPSON, Palo Verdes Estates, Calif., as amicus curiae for Fort Mojave Indian Tribe; LAWRENCE D. ASCHENBRENNER, Washington, D.C. as amicus curiae for Cocopah Indian Tribe; and TERRY NOBLE FISKE, Denver, Colo., as amicus curiae for Colorado River Indian Tribes.

1 The quantity of water in each instance is measured by (i) diversions or (ii) consumptive use required for irrigation of the respective acreage and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less.

2 The name in parentheses following the description of the "Defined Area of Land" are used for identification of present perfected rights only; the name used is the first name appearing as the Claimants identified with a parcel in Arizona's 1967 list submitted to this Court.

3 Included as a part of the Powers' claim in Arizona's 1967 list submitted to this Court. Subsequently, the United States and Powers agreed to a Stipulation of Settlement on land ownership whereby title to this property was quieted in favor of the United States.

4 The names in parentheses following the description of the "Defined Area of Land" are the names of claimants, added since the 1967 list, upon whose water use these present perfected rights are predicated.

5 The quantity of water in each instance is measured by (i) diversions or (ii) consumptive use required for irrigation of the respective acreage and for satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less.

6 The names in parentheses following the description of the "Defined Area of Land" are used for identification of present perfected rights only; the name used is the first name appearing as the claimant identified with a parcel in California's 1967 list submitted to this Court.

7 The names in parentheses following the description of the "Defined Area of Land" are the names of the homesteaders upon whose water use these present perfected rights, added since the 1967 list submitted to this Court, are predicated.

8 The quantity of water in each instance is measured by (i) diversions or (ii) consumptive use required for irrigation of the respective acreage and for satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less.

9 Refers to acre-feet of annual consumptive use, not to net acres.

10 Article II(D)(6) of said Decree specifies a priority date of March 3, 1929. Executive Order 5105 is dated May 3, 1929 (see C.F.R. 1964 Cumulative Pocket Supplement, p. 276, and the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law of the Special Master's Report in this case, pp. 294-295).

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