Legal Opinion
United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2003No. Nos. 01-15665, 01-15814, 01-15816, 01-16224, 01-16241PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge.
In 1859, the United States set aside almost 500,000 acres in Nevada as a reservation for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians (“the Tribe”). The central feature of the reservation, the ancestral home of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, is Pyramid Lake. In 1902, Congress passed the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, (“the Reclamation Act”) and withdrew approximately 250,000 acres in western Nevada from public use in 1903; this land became part of the Newlands Reclamation Project (“the Project”). 32 Stat. 388, 43 U.S.C. §§ 372 et seq. The Project was intended to…
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- Albert H. Wohlers & Co. v. BartgisNevada Supreme Court · 1999
- In Re Waters of Manse SpringNevada Supreme Court · 1940
- Revert v. RayNevada Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Pyramid Lake Paiute v. Nevada State EngineerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- United States of America, and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, a Corporation, Nevada State Engineer, Real-Party-In-Interest. Louis A. Guazzini, Jr. Lila Lou Guazzini Samuel R. Guazzini Theodore L. Guazzini Virgil Getto Steve Hancock Ernest Hucke Richard Hucke Elbert L. Brown Sophie Brown Marshall L. Brown Isabelle E. Winder James W. Johnson, Jr. Richard S. Latten Jean C. Latten Robert Donald Alice Minner Mario Peraldo Silvio Peraldo, Dba Peraldo Brothers Marjorie Ann Shepard Ted R. Smitten Wade Workman Merwyn Lewis Family Trust Harvey O. Kolhoss Darrell W. Norman Patricia A. Norman Thomas A. Pflum Harald v. Zipprich Erika M. Zipprich Lem S. Allen Family Trust Roy Rogers Erma Dean Rogers Arnold H. Rhom Laura R. Rhom Larry G. Yori Robert E. Williamson Rambling River Ranches, Inc. Bruce K. Kent Jamie L. Kent Samuel R. Hiibel Harmon Sanford Donald R. Harmon Arthur R. Peel Lani Lee Peel Louis Gomes Family Trust Christopher J. Gomes David F. Stix Donna R. Stix Henry C. Dieckman Clifford Matley Family Trust David L. Matley and Christine L. Matley Family Trust Howard Wolf Barbara Wolf, Applicants-Appellees. United States of America v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, a Corporation, and Nevada State Engineers, Real-Party-In-Interest-Appellee. United States of America Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, a Corporation, and Nevada State Engineer, Real-Party-In-Interest-Appellee. United States of America, and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Guazzini United States of America, and Pyramid Lake Palute Tribe of v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, a Corporation, Ray E. Mertens Bruna L. Mertens Samuel R. Guazzini Esther P. Slagle Georgeen E. Huber Darrell J. Hofheins Bob Minner Robert Smith, Nevada State Engineer, Real-Party-In-Interest-Appellee. United States of America, and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Opinion Alpine Land & Reservoir Company, a Corporation, Nevada State Engineer, Real-Party-In-Interest-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003