Klamath Irrigation District v. United States

OPINION

ALLEGRA Judge.

These consolidated cases have their genesis in temporary reductions made by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (the Bureau) on the use, for irrigation purposes, of the water resources of the Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern California. In their amended complaints, plaintiffs aver that the Bureau’s actions effectuated, alternatively, a takings and a breach of contract. Previously, this court held that plaintiffs’ interests in the use of Klamath Basin water did not constitute cognizable property interests for purposes of the Takings Clause, and,…