SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTH. v. SALAZAR

No. 1:09-CV-407 OWW DLB.

686 F.Supp.2d 1026 (2009)

Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases. SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY, et al. v. SALAZAR, et al. State Water Contractors v. Salazar, et al. Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, et al. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. Metropolitan Water District v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. Stewart & Jasper Orchards et al. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

November 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Audrey M. Huang, Paul S. Weiland, John J. Flynn, III, Robert C. Horton, Nossaman LLP, Irvine, CA, Christopher J. Carr, Morrison and Foerster LLP., San Francisco, CA, Brandon Murray Middleton, Damien Michael Schiff, James S. Burling, M. Reed Hopper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Brenda Washington Davis, Leslie R. Wagley, The Brenda Davis Law Group, Daniel Joseph O' Hanlon, Hanspeter Walter, William Thomas Chisum, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Eileen M. Diepenbrock, Jon David Rubin, Jonathan R. Marz, Diepenbrock Harrison, Sacramento, CA, Thomas William Birmingham, Westlands Water District, Gary William Sawyers, Law Offices of Gary W. Sawyers, Fresno, CA, for San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, State Water Contractors, Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, Metropolitan Water District, Stewart & Jasper Orchards, et al.

James A. Maysonett, Srinath Jay Govindan, Department of Justice, Ethan Carson Eddy, Govt., Kevin William McArdle, Srinath Jay Govindan, US Dept. of Justice, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Washington, DC, Jonathan R. Marz, Diepenbrock Harrison, Sacramento, CA, Allison Ernestine Goldsmith, Attorney General's Office for the State of California, Cecilia Louise Dennis, Clifford Thomas Lee, Michael M. Edson, California Attorney General's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Salazar, et al., United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.


MEMORANDUM DECISION RE CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON NEPA ISSUES

OLIVER W. WANGER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case arises out of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's ("FWS") December 15, 2008 biological opinion ("BiOp" or "2008 smelt BiOp") addressing the impact of coordinated operations of the Central Valley Project ("CVP") and State Water Project ("SWP") (the "Projects") on the threatened delta smelt, prepared...

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