Legal Opinion
East Side Canal & Irrigation Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 5, 1948No. 46266PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITAKER, Judge.
Plaintiffs sue for the alleged taking of their appropriative rights to certain waters of the San Joaquin River. They allege that they were deprived of these rights by the building of the Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River in California.
The East Side Canal and its water rights were acquired by plaintiff Stevinson Water District on January 19, 1938, but, by some sort of informal arrangement between it and plaintiff East ’ Side Canal & Irrigation Company, the details of which are not shown in the record, the Canal Company continued to operate the canal until January 1, 1944,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lindblom v. Round Valley Water Co.California Supreme Court · 1918
- Smith v. HawkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Duckworth v. Watsonville Water & Light Co.California Supreme Court · 1910
- Gerlach Livestock Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1948
- Crane v. East Side Canal & Irrigation Co.California Court of Appeal · 1935
3Cited by4 opinions
- Gilbert v. SmithIdaho Supreme Court · 1976
- Gustine Land & Cattle Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
- Wolfsen v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958
- East Side Canal & Irrigation Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1949