Stockton East Water District and Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District v. United States

Contract damages; expectation damages; cost of cover; reasonableness of mitigation; foreseeability; causation of damages.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON CLAIMS OF STOCKTON EAST WATER DISTRICT

CHRISTINE O.C. MILLER, Judge.

This case, before the court on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, involves a dispute over two water supply contracts. Plaintiffs Stockton East Water District (“Stockton East”) and Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District (“Central”) (collectively, “plaintiffs” or the “districts”) are water agencies organized under the laws of…