Legal Opinion
National Audubon Society v. Department of Water & Power
District Court, E.D. California
Decided July 17, 1980No. Civ. S-80-127 LKKPublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KARLTON, District Judge.
■On May 21, 1979, plaintiffs, NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, the MONO LAKE COMMITTEE, the LOS ANGELES AUDUBON SOCIETY, and four individuals, filed suit against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “DEPARTMENT” or “DWP”) in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alpine. The gravamen of that lawsuit is plaintiffs’ assertion that the defendant’s diversion of water from the Mono Lake Basin is having a serious deleterious effect on the Basin’s environment. The complaint seeks…
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