Legal Opinion
Barcellos & Wolfsen, Inc. v. Westlands Water District
District Court, E.D. California
Decided September 10, 1993No. CV-F-79-106 OWWPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RE: MOTION TO ENFORCE JUDGMENT
WANGER, District Judge.
Over seventy landowners and water users (“Movants”) within “Area I” of Westlands Water District, as defined in paragraph 1.14 of the stipulated judgment entered in this case in 1986 (“Judgment”), seek enforcement of the Judgment requiring Federal Defendants to sell Westlands irrigation water. 1
I. Background
The following facts are undisputed: West-lands entered into a water service contract with the United States in 1963 under which the United States, through the Bureau of Reclamation, agreed to make available…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Bowen v. Public Agencies Opposed to Social Security EntrapmentSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Kern-Tulare Water District v. City of BakersfieldDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1986
- Kern-Tulare Water District v. City of BakersfieldCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. Westlands Water DistrictDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2001
- Edwin R. O'Neill v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Orff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- Westlands Water Dist. v. US Dept. of InteriorDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1994
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