Great Oaks Water Co. v. Santa Clara Valley Water Dist.

Filed 12/8/15; On rehearing CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT GREAT OAKS WATER COMPANY, H035260 (Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. CV053142) v. SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, Defendant and Appellant. Plaintiff Great Oaks Water Company (Great Oaks), a water retailer, brought this action challenging a groundwater extraction fee imposed on water it draws from wells on its property. The power to impose such a fee is vested in defendant Santa Clara Valley Water Management District (the District), under…