Kempthorne

Natural Resources Defense Council v. Kempthorne

Good Law

539 F. Supp. 2d 1155·2008 WL 216915·2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8494

United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaJanuary 23, 20081:05-cv-01207-OWW-GSACalifornia15,178 words

Opinion

Wanger, J.

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT-IN-TERYENOR STATE WATER CONTRACTORS’ MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT (Doc. 502)

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT-INTERVENORS SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY, ET AL. MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT (Doc. 503)

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT-IN-TERVENOR CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES’ MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT (Doc. 516)

I. Introduction.

This case concerns the ongoing controversy regarding the threatened delta smelt species as it is impacted by the coordinated operations of the federally-managed Central Valley Project (“CVP”) and California’s State Water Project (“SWP”). In the motions now before the court, defendant-intervenors State Water Contractors (“SWC”); San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority (“SLDMWA”), Westlands Water District (“Westlands”), California Farm Bureau (“CFB”), and Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (“GCID”), et al. (collectively “San Luis Parties”); and the California Department of Water Resources (“DWR”), have filed three separate motions to dismiss Natural Resources Defense Council’s, et al. (“Plaintiffs”) second…

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Parties

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
Plaintiff
Dirk KEMPTHORNE, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior. California Department of Water Resources, State Water Contractors, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District-Intervenors
Defendant

Judges

Oliver W. Wanger

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