United States v. California

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

The State of California and its State Water Resources Control Board appeal from judgment for the United States, entered by the District Court for the Eastern District of California. The opinion and judgment of that court was reported in United States v. State of California, E.D. Cal., 1975, 403 F.Supp. 874. The judgment of the district court appears at 403 F.Supp. 902-03. The principal questions are (1) whether Section 8 of the Reclamation Act of 1902, 32 Stat. 388, now 43 U.S.C. § 383, requires that the United States apply to the California State Water Resources…