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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA

En Banc

THE SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE, )
THE TONTO APACHE TRIBE, and )
THE YAVAPAI-APACHE NATION, )
all Federally recognized Indian )
Tribes )
)
Petitioners, )
)

v. )
)
HON. SUSAN R. BOLTON, Judge of the )
Superior Court of the State of )
Arizona, in and for the County of )
Maricopa; MICHAEL J. PEARCE, Legal )
Counsel for the Arizona Department )
of Water Resources, and RITA )
PEARSON, Director, Arizona )
Department of Water Resources, )
)
Respondents, )
)
and )
)
JANET NAPOLITANO, Arizona Attorney )
General; ARIZONA STATE LAND )
DEPARTMENT; SALT RIVER VALLEY )
WATER USERS ASSOCIATION; PHELPS )
DODGE CORPORATION; ROOSEVELT WATER )
CONSERVATION DISTRICT; and all )
other claimants to water rights in )
the Gila River System and Source, )

)
Real Parties in Interest. )
___________________________________)

SPECIAL ACTION
RELIEF DENIED

Sparks, Tehan & Ryley, P.C.
By: Joe P. Sparks
Kevin T. Tehan
John H. Ryley

Supreme Court
No. CV-98-0143-SA

In Re the General
Adjudication of All
Rights to use Water
in the Gila River
System and Source

Maricopa County

Nos. W-1 (Salt),

W-2 (Verde),

W-3 (Upper Gila),

W-4 (San Pedro)
(Consolidated)

O P I N I O N

Scottsdale

Attorneys for Petitioners San Carlos Apache Tribe,
Tonto Apache Tribe, and Yavapai-Apache Nation

Gary L. Stuart Attorney for Respondent Judge Hon. Susan R. Bolton  Phoenix  
Miller, LaSota & Peters, P.L.C. By: Donald M. Peters Susan A. Cannata  Phoenix  
Attorneys for Respondents Michael J. Pearce and Rita Pearson  
Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General By: Joseph E. Clifford Charlotte Benson  Phoenix  
Attorneys for Real Parties in Interest Janet Napolitano and Arizona State Land Department  
Salmon Lewis & Weldon, P.L.C. By: M. Byron Lewis John B. Weldon, Jr. Stephen E. Crofton Lisa M. McKnight Attorneys for Real Parties in Interest Salt River Valley Water Users Association, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, and City of Tempe  Phoenix  
Phelps Dodge Corporation By: Cynthia M. Chandley - and - Phoenix  
Gust Rosenfeld, P.L.C. By: Jerry L. Haggard  Phoenix  

Attorneys for Real Party in Interest Phelps Dodge Corporation

Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite, P.A. Phoenix

By: George Read Carlock
Michael J. Brophy
Barry R. Sanders

Attorneys for Real Parties in Interest Roosevelt Water
Conservation District and Arizona Public Service Company

Brown & Brown Pinetop
By: David Albert Brown

Michael John Brown
Attorneys for Joinder Real Parties in Interest Gila Valley
Irrigation District and Franklin Irrigation District

Ulrich Kessler & Anger, P.C. Phoenix

By: Paul G. Ulrich
Attorneys for Joinder Real Parties in Interest Cities of
Chandler, Glendale, Mesa, and Scottsdale

Hopi Indian Tribe Kykotsmovi
By: A. Scott Canty

- and -

Sonosky Chambers Sachse & Enderson Washington, D.C.
By: Reid P. Chambers

Attorneys for Joinder Real Party in Interest Hopi Indian Tribe

Barrow & Barrow  Flagstaff  
By:  Irene F. Barrow  
- and -
Whiteing & Thompson  Boulder  
By:  Jeanne S. Whiteing  
Attorneys for Joinder Real Party in Interest San Juan  

Southern Paiute Tribe

Navajo Nation Department of Justice Window Rock
By: Stanley M. Pollack
- and -

Greene Meyer & McElroy, P.C. Boulder
By: Scott McElroy
Alice E. Walker
Attorneys for Joinder Real Party in Interest The Navajo Nation

Hufford Horstman McCullough & Mongini, P.C. Flagstaff
By: C. Benson Hufford
- and -

Williams & Janov, P.C. Albuquerque
By: Susan M. Williams
Attorneys for Joinder Real Party in Interest Pueblo of Zuni Tribe

United States Department of Justice Washington, D.C.
By: Robert L. Klarquist

F. Patrick Barry
Attorneys for Joinder Real Party in Interest United States

Gila River Indian Community Chandler
By: Rodney B. Lewis
Steven J. Heeley

- and -
John T. Helstand Gilbert
Attorneys for Joinder Real Parties in Interest Gila River
Indian Community and Silas Kisto

D R U K E, Judge.

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