The Ninth Circuit denied Klamath Water Users Protective Association's (the Association) petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc.[1] The Association had previously appealed the decision from the District Court for the District of Oregon which held that the Association was not a third party beneficiary to a contract between the United States Bureau of Reclamation and California Oregon Power Company. This contract controlled the operation of Link River Dam.[2] The Ninth Circuit amended its previous decision and added a footnote stating that its decision involved only the management of the Klamath Project and did not affect the pending Klamath River Basin water rights adjudication.[3]