Legal Opinion
California Trout, Inc. v. State Water Resources Control Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 26, 1989No. C000713PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, J.
This is a consolidated appeal from judgments dismissing petitions for writs of mandate by which California Trout, Inc., National Audubon Society, and Mono Lake Committee (plaintiffs) would command the State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) to rescind two licenses, issued to the City of Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power (collectively referred to as L.A. Water and Power) in 1974, which confirm rights to the appropriation of water. The licenses validate the diversion of water by means of dams from four creeks in Mono County, tributaries to Mono Lake,…
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