Title: SEPARATE ORDER RELATED TO GILA RIVER OPINION
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: WC-07-0002-IR
State: Arizona
Issuer: Arizona Supreme Court
Date: November 30, 2007

SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA IN RE THE GENERAL ADJUDICATION ) Arizona Supreme Court OF ALL RIGHTS TO USE WATER IN ) No. WC-07-0002-IR THE GILA RIVER SYSTEM AND SOURCE, ) ) Maricopa County ) Superior Court ) No. W-1, W-2, W-3, W-4 ) ) (Consolidated) ) __________________________________) [Contested Case No. W1-208] O R D E R The Court on this date has filed its Opinion in In re the General Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Gila River System and Source, No. WC-07-0002-IR. In rendering this Opinion, the Court grants and resolves “The Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s Petition for Interlocutory Appeal,” but denies relief. Also in rendering this Opinion, the Court has considered the request by the United States and other settling parties to provide an expedited decision in this case that is final and non-appealable, and that affirms the Judgment and Decree entered by the general adjudication court approving the Tohono O’odham Settlement Agreement. In the interests of justice, IT IS ORDERED that the request by the United States and other settling parties for expedited decision is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Rule 3 of the Arizona Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure and this Court’s Special Procedural Order Providing for Interlocutory Appeals and Certifications, that Appellate Rule 22(b) is hereby SUSPENDED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no motion for reconsideration of the Court’s Opinion in this case shall be allowed. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, as of the date the Court’s Opinion and this Order are filed, the adjudication court’s Judgment and Decree approving the Tohono O’odham Settlement is final and non-appealable under the law of the State of Arizona. DATED this ____________ day of November, 2007. _______________________________ RUTH V. McGREGOR Chief Justice Supreme Court No. WC-07-0002-IR Page 2 of 2 TO: Judith M Dworkin & Marvin S Cohen, Sacks Tierney PA Robert B Hoffman, Somach Simmons & Dunn, Paradise Valley Joe P Sparks, Susan B Montgomery & Robyn L Interpreter, The Sparks Law Firm PC Jonathan L Jantzen, Tohono O'Odham Nation Office of Attorney General John L Smeltzer & F Patrick Barry, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division L William Staudenmaier III, Ryley Carlock & Applewhite PA John B Weldon Jr & Lisa McKnight, Salmon Lewis & Weldon PLC Jennifer K Giff, Rodney B Lewis, John T Hestand, Timothy L Pierson, Ruth E Koester & Ann Marie Chischilly, Gila River Indian Community Donald R Pongrace, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Hon Eddward P Ballinger, Jr., Judge, Maricopa County Superior Court Marcus Reinkensmeyer, Maricopa County Superior Court Administrator Michael K Jeanes, Clerk, Maricopa County Superior Court George A Schade, Water Master damr