United States v. State of Cal.

Victor Gleason, Deputy Gen. Counsel, The Metropolitan Water Dist. of Southern Cal., Los Angeles, Cal., Clifford Schulz, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, Cal., Kenneth A. Kuney, Berryhill, Kuney & Burckhardt, Tulare, Cal., John A. Wilson, Wilson & Hoslett, Thomas M. Zuckerman, Zuckerman & Hartmann, Stockton, Cal., Cressey H. Nakagawa, Gordon E. Davis, William H. Booth, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, W. Reece Bader, Orrick, Herrington, Rowley & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, Cal., Russell Kletzing, Asst. Chief Counsel, Marcia J. Steinberg, Staff Counsel, Cal. Dept. of Water Resources, Sacramento, Cal., Gregory K. Wilkinson, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., Frederick Bold, Jr., Bold & Polisnor, Walnut Creek, Cal., Stuart L. Somach, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Interior, Sacramento, Cal., for defendants.

RAMIREZ, District Judge.

The plaintiff, United States of America, commenced this action for declaratory relief, seeking an adjudication that the regulations imposed by the State of California, acting through the State Water Resources Control Board, on the operation of the Central Valley Project were inconsistent with the Congressional authorizing statute and thus…