Legal Opinion
County of Imperial v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 14, 2007No. C048984PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*18Opinion
RAYE, J.
As Mark Twain is said to have observed: “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” California and water are inextricably linked in a battle royal waged over distribution of this precious resource among competing interests. No other resource is as vital to California’s cities, agriculture, industry, and environment as this liquid gold. Predictably, no other resource generates such heated controversy as this commodity sometimes referred to as the “oil of the 21st century.”
Here, real parties in interest Imperial Irrigation District (Imperial) and San Diego County Water…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- County of San Joaquin v. State Water Res. Control Bd.California Court of Appeal · 1997
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