U.S. v. ALDER CREEK WATER CO.

No. 85-4203.

823 F.2d 343 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Alder Creek Water Users Association, Plaintiff/Intervenor-Appellee, v. ALDER CREEK WATER COMPANY, aka Alder Creek Water Company, Inc., and Gerald I. Bennett aka "Red" Bennett, individually Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. O'Brien, Gerald Bennett, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellants.

Dirk D. Snel and Barbara Lither, Seattle, Wash., Edward J. Sullivan, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ANDERSON, HUG and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

The United States initiated an action for injunctive relief and civil penalties against Alder Creek Water Company (Company) and its president and principal stockholder Gerald Bennett. Through a series of interlocutory orders, the district court placed the defendant Company in an equitable receivership, authorized sale of the Company's assets to the Alder Creek Water Authority (Authority), and terminated the receivership. Final...

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