Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 28, 2000, No. 96-36041 (State v. United States)

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a dispute between a state government and the federal government over title to the beds of three rivers. The issues arise under the Quiet Title Act.

FACTS

Judgment was on the pleadings, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c), so we take the facts as pleaded.

Three remote Alaskan rivers are at issue, the Kandik, Nation and Black.