Legal Opinion
Orff v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 23, 2005No. 03-1566PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
Petitioners are individual farmers and farming entities in California who purchase water from respondent Westlands Water District (Westlands or District). Westlands receives its water from the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Bu reau) under a 1963 contract between Westlands and the Bureau. Petitioners contend that the Bureau breached the contract in 1993 when it reduced the water supply to West-lands. Although petitioners are not parties to the contract, they claim that they are entitled to enforce it as intended third-party beneficiaries; that the United States waived its sovereign…
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