Legal Opinion
California v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 3, 1978No. 77-285PublishedCited by 237 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
The United States seeks to impound 2.4 million acre-feet of water from California’s Stanislaus River as part of its Central Valley Project. The California State Water Resources Control Board ruled that the water could not be allocated to the Government under state law unless it agreed to and complied with various conditions dealing with the water’s use. The Government then sought a declaratory judgment in the District Court for the Eastern District of California to the effect that the United States can impound whatever unappropriated water is necessary for a federal reclamation project…
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