Legal Opinion
United States v. Imperial Irrigation District
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 18, 1977No. Nos. 71-2124, 73-1333, 73-1388PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLENBERG, District Judge:
The Imperial Valley in southern California is a highly productive agricultural area. This is due to an extensive irrigation system which distributes water obtained from the Colorado River, for without this irrigation water the Imperial Valley would be an unproductive desert. At issue in these cases is whether certain restrictions in the reclamation laws limit the delivery of irrigation water to resident landowners and whether water deliveries are limited to only 160 acres of the property held by each private landowner.
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2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Joseph Toussaint, Plaintiffs/appellees/cross-Appellants v. Daniel McCarthy Defendants/appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Moore v. Jas. H. Matthews & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- 21 Fair empl.prac.cas. 605, 21 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,443 Legal Aid Society of Alameda County Stephen E. Ronfeldt Linda Castillo Delores Luster John Stafford Isadore Payne Western Regional Job Council v. Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor Philip Davis, Acting Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Earl L. Butz, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture William Gladden, Chief, Contract Compliance Division, Office of Equal Opportunity, United States Department of Agriculture, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, on Behalf of Its Affected Members, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. Legal Aid Society of Alameda County v. Ncc Food Corporation, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant. Legal Aid Society of Alameda County v. Del Monte Corporation, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. Legal Aid Society of Alameda County v. Cpc International, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant. Legal Aid Society of Alameda County v. Carnation Company, H. J. Heinz Company, Sunshine Biscuits, Inc., Bell Brand Foods, Inc., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. Legal Aid Society of Alameda County v. Granny Goose Foods, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant. Legal Aid Society of Alameda County v. Golden Grain MacAroni Co., and Its Division, Ghirardelli Chocolate, Inc., Defendants-Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Dolores J. Russell v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Moore v. Jas. H. Matthews & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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