Legal Opinion
Orchards v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided February 21, 1984No. Nos. 113-80C, 226-80C and 36-81CPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
PHILIP R. MILLER, Judge:
In these three consolidated cases approximately 160 plaintiffs seek damages from the United States for breach of claimed contract obligations by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (the Bureau) to inform them accurately in February 1977 as to the total quantity of water it expected to be able to supply to them for irrigation purposes during the 1977 growing season. Plaintiffs assert that because the Bureau understated the quantity of water available it caused them to plant fewer crops than they could have had they…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Schweiker v. HansenSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Miree v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- H. R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
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3Cited by27 opinions
- H.F. Allen Orchards, Elbert B. Schinmann, R.E. Redman & Sons, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
- Maniere v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1994
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- Klamath Irrigation District v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
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