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Defendant-

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Appellee

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D.C. No. CV-95-00757- HDM

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De fe nd an ts ,
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D.C. No. CV-95-00757- HDM

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## W. B ELL 

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## ; C HRI S TI NE 

## L. M AT L EY 

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## ; S T A T E O F 

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## L, Di vis ion of L and s; S TATE OF 

## N EV ADA 

## P AROL E 

## D EPT 

## ., Division of Wild lif e ; S T I LL WA T ER 

## F A RM S 

## I NC 

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TH E 

## LAR R Y 

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## T RU ST 

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and

B O A RD O F 

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## T C ID (T RUCK EE 

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## D I STRI CT 

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Irr ig atio n D istri c t, Defendant-

Appellee

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D.C. No. CV-95-00757- HDM

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v.

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## W. B ELL 

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## D I STRI CT 

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De fe nd an ts ,
and No. 05-16189

D.C. No. CV-95-00757- HDM

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P ER AL DO 

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fe nd an ts- Ap pe lla nts ,
C I T Y O F 

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Appellant
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## S T A T ES O F 

## A M ERI CA 

## ,

Plaintif f-Appellee
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v.

A RT H U R 

## W. B ELL 

## , IV; P ER AL DO 

## B ROT H ERS 

## ; C HRI S TI NE 

## L. M AT L EY 

## F AMI L Y 

## T RU ST 

## ; RAY 

## C ONL AN 

## ; F RA N CI S 

## E. D U B O IS 

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## S HOSHONE 

## I NDI AN 

## T RI BE 

## ; C I T Y O F 

## F AL L ON 

## ; F R EY 

## RA N CH 

## P A R T N E R SH IP 

## ; D EB R A 

## S. F RE Y 

## ; C H A RLES 

## P. F RE Y 

## , J R 

## .; C AL VI N 

## R. M OF F I TT 

## ; S T A T E O F 

## NV D I V O F 

## L, Di vis ion of L and s; S TATE OF 

## N EV ADA 

## P AROL E 

## D EPT 

## ., Division of Wild lif e ; S T I LL WA T ER 

## F A RM S 

## I NC 

## .;
TH E 

## LAR R Y 

## F RI T Z 

## F AMI L Y 

## T RU ST 

## ; T O WN O F 

## F ER NL EY 

## , De fe nd an ts ,
and

B O A RD O F 

## D I RE CT O RS O F 

## T C ID (T RUCK EE 

## I R R I GATI ON 

## D I STRI CT 

## ) Tr uc ke e -C ars on

Irr ig atio n D istri c t, Defendant-

Appellant

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D.C. No. CV-95-00757- HDM

ORDER

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Judge B y b ee was draw n t o repl ace Jud ge Sha d ur. 1 

## Filed July 22, 2013

Be fore : Mary

M. Schroede r, Mar sha S. Be rzon and Jay S. By bee , Ci rc uit

Judg e s. 1



## OR DE R

The mandate of J une 30, 2010 is withdrawn. T he Opinion fi led on Ap ri l 20 , 2 01 0, is a

me nd e d a s f

oll ow s: o n s lip Opinion pag e 5872, re plac e t he Conclusion with the fo l l o wi n g:

For the fore g oing r easons, the judgment of the district court with respec t to prejudg ment and postjudgme n t i n t er es t is vacate d and

rema nded fo r fur

ther c onsideration. The judgme nt with re spect to amounts of

rec oupment for e x cess divers i ons in 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, and spills i n 1979 and 1980, as well as the denial of rec oupment for excess diversions in the y ear s 19 73, 1976, 1985, and 1986, is vac ated and rema nded for

rec alculation of the eff

ect of g aug e er ror. The judgme nt with respec t to spills from 1981–84 is vacated and rema

nded for a dete rmination

o f th e am o un to f

w at e r s p i l l e d d ur i n gth o se y e ars . T he ju dgme nt o f t he dis tr ic t c ourt

is otherwise a ffirme d.