San Luis Unit Food Producers v. United States

MEMORANDUM DECISION RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS (DOC. 24) AND PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DOC. 17)

OLIVER W. WANGER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case concerns the ongoing operation of the San Luis Unit (the “Unit”) of the Central Valley Project (“CVP”). Plaintiffs, San Luis Unit Food Producers (“Food Producers”), an unincorporated association whose members include owners, operators, and managers of agricultural land in the Unit and their allied customers and suppliers, and various individuals and entities that own land and/or farm in the Unit, claim…