Home/Case Law/Ninth Circuit/San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona v. The State of Arizona, a Body Politic and the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and John M. Little, Individually and as Acting Commissioner of the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, an Arizona Corporation, Payson Community of Yavapai-Apache Indians v. The State of Arizona, a Body Politic and the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and John M. Little, Individually and as Acting Commissioner of the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, an Arizona Corporation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. The State of Arizona and John M. Little, Acting Commissioner of the Arizona State Land Department, Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community, for and on Behalf of Itself and Its Members v. Salt River Valley Water Users' Association Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District City of Phoenix City of Prescott City of Jerome Phelps Dodge Corporation Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc. Arizona Water Company Miller Brothers Farms, Inc. Camp Verde Water Systems Cottonwood Water Works, Inc. Copper Basin Water Co. V Bar v Cattle Co., Inc. Harold W. Bullard and the State of Arizona, Individually and as Representative of a Class Composed of All Others Similarly Situated
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No. 398861
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona v. The State of Arizona, a Body Politic and the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and John M. Little, Individually and as Acting Commissioner of the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, an Arizona Corporation, Payson Community of Yavapai-Apache Indians v. The State of Arizona, a Body Politic and the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and John M. Little, Individually and as Acting Commissioner of the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, an Arizona Corporation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. The State of Arizona and John M. Little, Acting Commissioner of the Arizona State Land Department, Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community, for and on Behalf of Itself and Its Members v. Salt River Valley Water Users' Association Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District City of Phoenix City of Prescott City of Jerome Phelps Dodge Corporation Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc. Arizona Water Company Miller Brothers Farms, Inc. Camp Verde Water Systems Cottonwood Water Works, Inc. Copper Basin Water Co. V Bar v Cattle Co., Inc. Harold W. Bullard and the State of Arizona, Individually and as Representative of a Class Composed of All Others Similarly Situated
No. 398861 · Decided February 23, 1982
No. 398861·Ninth Circuit · 1982·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
February 23, 1982
Citation
No. 398861
Disposition
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San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona v. The State of Arizona, a Body Politic and the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and John M. Little, Individually and as Acting Commissioner of the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, an Arizona Corporation, Payson Community of Yavapai-Apache Indians v. The State of Arizona, a Body Politic and the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and John M. Little, Individually and as Acting Commissioner of the State Land Department of the State of Arizona and Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, an Arizona Corporation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. The State of Arizona and John M. Little, Acting Commissioner of the Arizona State Land Department, Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community, for and on Behalf of Itself and Its Members v. Salt River Valley Water Users' Association Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District City of Phoenix City of Prescott City of Jerome Phelps Dodge Corporation Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc. Arizona Water Company Miller Brothers Farms, Inc. Camp Verde Water Systems Cottonwood Water Works, Inc. Copper Basin Water Co. V Bar v Cattle Co., Inc. Harold W. Bullard and the State of Arizona, Individually and as Representative of a Class Composed of All Others Similarly Situated is a decision of the Ninth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
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This case was decided on February 23, 1982.
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