Sierra Club v. Andrus

610 F.2d 581 13 ERC 1961 , 9 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,772 SIERRA CLUB, a non-profit California Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS, * as Secretary of the Interior of the United States, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Kern County Water Agency, a public agency, et al., Intervenors-Appellants. Nos. 76-1464, 76-1494, 76-1534, 76-1651, 76-1663 and 76-1981. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 31, 1979. Rehearing Denied Jan. 17, 1980. Walter E. Wunderlich, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Robert Thum, on brief, John Clark, Margot Wenger, Pettit & Martin, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Michael R. Sherwood, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before ELY, TRASK, and TANG, Circuit Judges. ELY, Circuit Judge: 1 These appeals stem from the efforts of two environment associations and two private citizens 1 to control the pumping of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the Delta) into the canals and aqueducts of the California Water Project. The facts are reported…