Legal Opinion
Westlands Water Dist. v. US Dept. of Interior
District Court, E.D. California
Decided November 4, 1992No. CV-F-92-5212 OWWPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WANGER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Westlands Water District and San Benito County Water District seek in-junctive and declaratory relief in this dispute over water allocations made by the Bureau of Reclamation (“Bureau”) during the late winter of 1991 and spring of 1992, the sixth consecutive drought year in California. The relief sought cannot be granted under the allegations of the complaint or any variation which plaintiffs could allege, as plaintiffs have neither statutory nor contractual priority to claim higher rights in Central Valley Project water stored in the San…
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