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SIERRA CLUB v. BLOCK

Civ. A. No. 84-K-2.

615 F.Supp. 44 (1985)

SIERRA CLUB, a nonprofit California corporation, Plaintiff, v. John BLOCK, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, and Max Peterson, in his official capacity as Chief of the Forest Service, Federal Defendants, and Mountain States Legal Foundation, a nonprofit Colorado corporation; Colorado Water Congress; Colorado Water Conservation Board; and City and County of Denver, acting By and Through its Board of Water Commissioners, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

July 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Potter and Anthony Ruckel, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Denver, Colo., for Sierra Club.

Richard Nolan, John Hill, Asst. U.S. Attys., Denver, Colo., and Stuart Shelton, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for federal defendants.

Casey Shpall, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Denver, Colo., for Mountain States Legal Foundation.

Clyde O. Martz, John M. Sayre, Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., Zach C. Miller and Bennett W. Raley, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Colo., for Colorado Water Congress.

Wendy Weiss, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Colorado, Denver, Colo., for Colorado Water Conservation Bd.

Wayne D. Williams, Michael L. Walker, Henry C. Tiegen, and Jack F. Ross, James F. Engelking, Christopher R. Paulson and Melvin B. Sabey, Saunders, Snyder, Ross & Dickson, Denver, Colo., for City and County of Denver.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KANE, District Judge.

This is an action seeking declaratory relief against officers of the United States Department of Agriculture, including the Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief of the Forest Service. Plaintiff Sierra Club contends that defendants have failed to claim federal reserved water rights in all 24 of the designated wilderness areas which they administer in the State of Colorado. It is asserted that the United...

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