O'Neill v. United States

This case is before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment and plaintiffs’ opposition thereto. We have heard oral argument. For the reasons discussed below, we deny defendant’s motion for summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.

The plaintiffs in this case are California farmers who reside in, and purchase water from, the Westland Water District. The Water District, in turn, purchases its water *824from the Federal Government. To ultimately receive this federal water, plaintiffs were required to enter (and between 1969 and 1975 did enter) a number of recordable contracts…