Orange Cove Irrigation District v. United States

OPINION

YOCK, Judge.

The plaintiff irrigation district in this action seeks a refund of money paid to the Federal Government for irrigation water *792used by sixteen landowners/members of the plaintiff’s irrigation district when these landowners failed to complete and have on file their eligibility certification forms prior to a set date. The amount at issue represents the difference between the subsidized contract rate and the full cost rate for deliveries of reclamation project water to these sixteen landholders in the plaintiff’s irrigation district. The plaintiff alleges that the United States…