Legal Opinion
San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. United States Department of the Interior
District Court, E.D. California
Decided April 25, 2012No. 1:11-cv-00952 LJO GSAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS (DOC. 56)
LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This ease presents a conflict between two provisions of the 1992 Central Valley Improvement Act (“CVPIA”), Pub.L. No. 102-575, 106 Stat. 4700 (1992). CVPIA § 3406(b)(2) requires the Secretary of the Interior to dedicate 800,000 acre feet (“AE”) of water to serve certain fish and wildlife restoration purposes. CVPIA § 3411(b) requires the Secretary to comply with a 1985 Agreement Between the United States of America and the Department of Water Resources of the State of California for Coordinated…
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