ELR Citation: ELR 20191
No(s). 812 (U.S. Mar 24, 1971)

State proceedings which determine all rights to the water of a particular river system within a state, although initiated anew each month to adjust rights of new claimants, consitute general adjudication within the meaning of the Reclamation Act, and the United States has consented to be joined in such proceedings.

Counsel for Petitioner:
Walter Kiechel Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Erwin N. Griswold, Solicitor General
Shiro Kashiwa, Assistant Attorney General
Samuel Huntington, Assistant to the Solicitor General

Edmund B. Clark
Robert H. Whaley, Attorneys
Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
(203) 737-8200

Counsel for Respondents:
Kenneth Balcomb
Delaney & Balcomb
829 Grand Avenue
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
(303) 945-6546

Robert L. McCarty
McCarty & Noone
1225 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 223-6680