FIREBAUGH CANAL WATER DISTRICT v. U.S.

Nos. 1:88-cv-00634 LJO DLB, 1:91-cv-00048 LJO DLB

FIREBAUGH CANAL WATER DISTRICT and CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants, and WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, Defendants-in-Intervention.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

June 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Firebaugh Canal Water District, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Victor Sexton, Minasian, Meith, Soares, Sexton & Cooper, LLP, Paul Ryan Minasian, Minasian Meith Soares Sexton & Cooper, LLP & Andrew John McClure, Minasian, Meith, Soares, Sexton & Cooper, LLP.

Central California Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Victor Sexton, Minasian, Meith, Soares, Sexton & Cooper, LLP, Paul Ryan Minasian, Minasian Meith Soares Sexton & Cooper, LLP & Andrew John McClure, Minasian, Meith, Soares, Sexton & Cooper, LLP.

USA, Defendant, represented by Stephen M. Macfarlane, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Yoshinori H. T. Himel, United States Attorney's Office.

Department of Interior, Defendant, represented by Stephen M. Macfarlane, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, & Yoshinori H. T. Himel, United States Attorney's Office.

Bureau of Reclamation, Defendant, represented by Stephen M. Macfarlane, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division & Yoshinori H. T. Himel, United States Attorney's Office.

Gail Norton, Defendant, represented by Stephen M. Macfarlane, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division & Yoshinori H. T. Himel, United States Attorney's Office.

Westlands Water District, Defendant, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Diane Van Atta Rathmann, Lisa and Lisa, Thomas William Birmingham, Westlands Water District, Andrew Paul Tauriainen, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, Danielle Teeters, Kronick, Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard & Marc Racicot, PHV, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.

Panoche Water District, Defendant, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard & Diane Van Atta Rathmann, Lisa and Lisa.

Panoche Drainage District, Defendant, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard & Diane Van Atta Rathmann, Lisa and Lisa.

Broadview Water District, Defendant, represented by Gary William Sawyers, Law Offices of Gary W. Sawyers, Raymond L. Carlson, Griswold, LaSalle, Cobb, Dowd & Gin, L.L.P. & Robert M. Dowd, Griswold LaSalle Cobb Dowd and Gin.

San Luis Water District, Defendant, represented by Gary William Sawyers, Law Offices of Gary W. Sawyers, Raymond L. Carlson, Griswold, LaSalle, Cobb, Dowd & Gin, L.L.P. & Robert M. Dowd, Griswold LaSalle Cobb Dowd and Gin.

Vecchioli Trust, Amicus, represented by Theodore A. Chester, Jr., Smiland & Chester.

Natural Resources Defense Council, Intervenor, represented by Casey Austin Roberts, Altshuler Berzon LLP, Hamilton Candee, Altshuler Berzon & Katherine Scott Poole, Natural Resources Defense Council.

Contra Costa County, Intervenor, represented by Laurens Herby Silver, California Environmental Law Project & Casey Austin Roberts, Altshuler Berzon LLP.

Contra Costa Water Agency, Intervenor, represented by Laurens Herby Silver, California Environmental Law Project & Casey Austin Roberts, Altshuler Berzon LLP.

The Bay Institute, Intervenor, represented by Casey Austin Roberts, Altshuler Berzon LLP, Hamilton Candee, Altshuler Berzon & Laurens Herby Silver, California Environmental Law Project.

San Luis Unit Food Producers, Neutral, represented by Theodore A. Chester, Jr., Smiland & Chester.


MEMORANDUM DECISION DENYING FIREBAUGH PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES, EXPERT WITNESS FEES, AND COSTS UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT (DOCS 949, 952)

LAWRENCE J. O'NEILL, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

These consolidated cases concern a long-standing dispute over the provision of drainage to landowners on the west side of California's San Joaquin Valley. Upslope landowners and recipients of...

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