Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District v. United States

ORDER

The Opinion filed July 7, 1998 [147 F.3d 1168] is withdrawn.

OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

BACKGROUND

The Colorado River and its tributaries are the major-sources of water in the arid Southwest. Careful in the years of drought, the United States has established reclamation projects to channel water where it is needed most and to head off disputes among water users. But in its efforts to settle some water rights disputes, sometimes the government creates others. This case involves one such dispute. A working familiarity with the history of water rights legislation in the Southwest is…