United States v. 129.4 Acres of Land, More or Less, in the County of Yuma, State of Arizona, and Fred W. Kamrath, and Unknown Owners

TANG, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of partial summary judgment ordering the United States to pay compensation to the Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District (District) for 77.4 acres condemned by the United States. The district court certified its order under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1292(b), and we have granted permission to appeal.

The District, a corporate political subdivision of the State of Arizona, is part of the Gila Project, a federal reclamation and irrigation project constructed pursuant to the Gila Project Act, 43 Stat. 702 (December 5, 1924), and the Gila Project…