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WESTLANDS WATER DIST. v. PATTERSON

No. CV-F-94-5217 OWW DLB.

864 F.Supp. 1536 (1994)

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, San Benito Water District, Plaintiffs, v. Roger K. PATTERSON, Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region, United States of America, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California, Fresno Division.

August 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Birmingham, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiffs Westlands Water Dist. and San Benito County Water Dist.

Maria A. Iizuka, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Div., Sacramento, CA, for U.S. Dept. of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Div.

Gregory K. Wilkinson, Best, Best & Krieger, Riverside, CA, for intervenors Friant Water Users Authority, Orange Cove Irrigation Dist., Shafter-Wasco Irrigation Dist. and Terra Bella Irrigation Dist.

Denslow B. Green, Green, Green & Rigby, Madera, CA, for Madera Irrigation Dist. and Chowchilla Irrigation Dist.

Michael V. Sexton, Minasian, Minasian, Minasian, Spruance, Baber, Meith & Soares, Oroville, CA, for intervenor San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority.

Jeffrey A. Meith, Minasian, Minasian, Minasian, Spruance, Baber, Meith & Soares, Oroville, CA, for intervenor Friant Power Authority.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

WANGER, District Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Westlands Water District and San Benito Water District seek a preliminary injunction to enjoin 1994 water allocations under decisions made by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ("Bureau") and to compel "equitable apportionment" among other water districts. The motion is opposed by the Federal Defendants and defendants...

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