United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Fallbrook Public Utility District, and Cross-Appellants, State of California, Intervener

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

This action is brought by the United States to quiet title to its rights to the use of waters of the Santa Margarita River system in San Diego and Riverside counties, California. Those waters are used by the United States to supply the needs of a “Naval Enclave” consisting of Camp Pendleton (a Marine Corps training base), an ammunition depot, and a naval hospital. From final judgment entered by the District Court for the Southern District of California, Southern Division, 1 the United States has taken this appeal. Its principal grievance is that it has been denied any…