Legal Opinion

Town of Antioch v. Williams Irrigation District

California Supreme Court

Decided March 23, 1922No. S. F. No. 9737PublishedCited by 29 opinions

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Alameda County granting a temporary injunction to prevent diversion of water. A. P. St. Sure, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtShaw, C. J.

This is an appeal by twenty-seven defendants in the above-entitled action from an order of the superior court made on January 7, 1921, restraining them, and each of them, during the pendency of the said action, or until the further order of the court, “from diverting so much water from the Sacramento River and its tributaries, to nonriparian land, that the amount of water flowing past the city of Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento, state of California, shall be less than 3,500 cubic feet per second.”

The injunction was granted in pursuance of an order upon said defendants to show cause…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Katz v. WalkinshawCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  2. City of San Bernardino v. City of RiversideCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
  3. De Necochea v. CurtisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Butte Canal & Ditch Co. v. VaughnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1858
  5. Haight v. CostanichCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. National Audubon Society v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Peabody v. City of VallejoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
  3. United States v. State Water Resources Control BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
  4. Joerger v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Supreme Court · 1929
  5. Wright v. BestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942

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