Legal Opinion

United States v. Fallbrook Public Utility District

District Court, S.D. California

Decided April 5, 1961No. 1247PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge..

This opinion concerns only one problem in a long and protracted water rights, case, namely the effect of prior judgments, in the earlier State case wherein theRancho Santa Margarita, predecessor to. the United States (hereafter the Rancho),, and the Vail interests (hereafter Vail)were the principal parties.

This action was commenced January-25, 1951, by the United States of America, to quiet to its rights to water from the-Santa Margarita River and its tributaries. During the years 1941, 1942 and: 1943, the United States acquired, either by condemnation or…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. United States v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. System Federation No. 91 v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Universal Sales Corp. v. California Press Manufacturing Co.California Supreme Court · 1942
  4. Tulare Irrigation District v. Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Bacon v. BaconCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. California Water Service Co. v. Edward Sidebotham & Son, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1964
  2. Stevens v. StevensCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
  3. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Fallbrook Public Utility District, and Cross-Appellants, State of California, IntervenerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
  4. Saxon v. DuBoisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962

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