Legal Opinion
United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 9, 1950No. 4PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
We are asked to relieve the United States from six awards by the Court of Claims as just compensation for deprivation of riparian rights along the San Joaquin River *728in California caused by construction of Friant Dam, and its dependent irrigation system, as part of the Central Valley Project.
This is a gigantic undertaking to redistribute the principal fresh-water resources of California. Central Valley is a vast basin, stretching over 400 miles on its polar axis and a hundred in width, in the heart of California. Bounded by the Sierra Nevada on the east and by coastal ranges on the west, it…
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