State of New Mexico v. R. Lee Aamodt, United States of America, Intervenors And

537 F.2d 1102

STATE OF NEW MEXICO, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

R. Lee AAMODT, et al., Defendants-Appellees,

United States of America, et al., Intervenors and Appellants.

Nos. 75--1069, 75--1106.

United States Court of Appeals,

Tenth Circuit.

Argued Nov. 12, 1975.

Decided June 28, 1976.

Rehearing Denied Aug. 11, 1976.

Walter Kiechel, Jr., Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. (Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Victor R. Ortega, U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, N.M., and Kathryn A. Oberly and Charles N. Estes, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for appellant U.S.

Philip…