United States Ninth Circuit
US v. ORR WATER DITCH, CO., 99-16812
Under Nevada law, evidence of non-use of water rights may support an inference of abandonment but will not create an inference of it to shift the burden of proof to the putative right holder.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/11/2000
- Decided 07/05/2001
- Published 07/05/2001
Judges
- Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, NOONAN and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Katherine J. Barton,U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant United States of America., Robert S. Pelcyger, Fredericks, Pelcyger & Hester, Louisville, Colorado, for petitioner-appellant Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians.
- For Appellees:
- Ross E. de Lipkau, Marshall Hiss Cassas & de Lipkau, Reno, Nevada, for defendant-appellee Town of Fernley., Michael J. Van Zandt, McQuaid, Metzler, Bedford & Van Zandt, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Truckee-Carson Irrigation District., David Creekman, Carson City, Nevada, for defendant-appellee The State Engineer.