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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA EN BANC ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ___________________________________) IN RE THE GENERAL ADJUDICATION OF ALL RIGHTS TO USE WATER IN THE GILA RIVER SYSTEM AND SOURCE

Supreme Court Nos. WC-90-0001-IR (Includes WC-90-0001-IR through WC-90-0007-IR (Consolidated) & WC-79-0001 through WC-79-0004) (Consolidated) Maricopa County Nos. W-1, W-2, W-3, W-4 (Consolidated) O P I N I O N

Interlocutory Review of September 9, 1988 Order Superior Court of Maricopa County The Honorable Stanley Z. Goodfarb, Judge (retired) VACATED IN PART, AFFIRMED IN PART ___________________________________________________________________ Salmon, Lewis & Weldon, P.L.C. Phoenix By: M. Byron Lewis John B. Weldon, Jr. Stephen E. Crofton Mark A. McGinnis Riney B. Salmon, II Attorneys for Salt River Project Agric. Improvement and Power Dist., Salt River Valley Water Users' Ass'n, San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage Dist., and Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation Dist. No. 1 Sparks, Tehan & Ryley, P.C. Scottsdale By: Joe P. Sparks John H. Ryley Attorneys for San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tonto Apache Tribe, and Yavapai Apache Nation

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Gila River Indian Community By: Rodney B. Lewis Attorney for the Gila River Indian Community Navajo Nation Department of Justice By: Stanley M. Pollack Greene, Meyer & McElroy, P.C. By: Scott B. McElroy Alice E. Walker Attorneys for the Navajo Nation Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General By: Graham M. Clark, Jr. Mary Mangotich Grier Attorneys for State of Arizona United States Department of Justice By: John Cruden Andrew C. Mergen Katherine J. Barton Patrick Barry Lois Schiffer Attorneys for United States Moyes Storey By: Lee A. Storey Steven L. Wene Attorneys for City of Safford Jennele Morris O'Hair Attorneys for Cities of Sierra Vista and Benson

Chandler

Window Rock Boulder, CO

Phoenix

Washington, D.C.

Phoenix

Vail

Ulrich & Anger, P.C. Phoenix By: William H. Anger Paul G. Ulrich Attorneys for the Cities of Chandler, Mesa, Glendale, and Scottsdale Chandler City Attorney's Office By: Cynthia J. Haglin Attorneys for City of Chandler Scottsdale City Attorney's Office By: Paul M. Norman Attorneys for City of Scottsdale Tempe City Attorney's Office By: Charlotte Benson Attorneys for City of Tempe 2 Chandler

Scottsdale

Tempe

Phoenix City Attorney's Office By: M. James Callahan Attorneys for City of Phoenix Broening, Oberg, Woods, Wilson & Cass By: Marilyn D. Cage Attorneys for the City of Goodyear Fennemore Craig, P.C. By: Lauren J. Caster Attorneys for ASARCO Inc. Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. By: Robert B. Hoffman Attorneys for BHP Copper Co.

Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix

Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite Phoenix By: Michael J. Brophy L. William Staudenmaier, III Attorneys for Roosevelt Water Conservation Dist., Phelps Dodge Corp., and Arizona Pub. Serv. Co. Martinez & Curtis, P.C. Phoenix By: William P. Sullivan Attorneys for Town of Wickenburg, Town of Gilbert, Cortaro-Marana Irrigation Dist., Bella Vista Water Company, Inc., Bella Vista Ranches LLP, Valencia Water Company, Inc., Cortaro Water Users' Ass'n Ellis & Baker By: William D. Baker Attorneys for New Magma Irrigation Dist. Fines & Oden, P.L.C. By: L. Anthony Fines Attorneys for Gila Valley Irrigation Dist. Brown & Brown Law Offices, P.C. By: David A. Brown Michael J. Brown Attorneys for Franklin Irrigation Dist. Phoenix

Tucson Pinetop

John S. Schaper Phoenix Attorney for Buckeye Irrigation Co. and Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage Dist.

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Whiteing & Smith Boulder, CO By: Jeanne S. Whiteing Tod Smith Attorneys for Amicus Curiae San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Williams, Janov & Cooney P.C. By: Susan M. Williams Jane Marx Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Pueblo of Zuni Albuquerque, NM

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry Washington D.C. By: Harry R. Sachse Arthur Lazarus, Jr. Reid Peyton Chambers Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Hopi Tribe ___________________________________________________________________ Z L A K E T, Chief Justice.

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