Barcellos And Wolfsen, Inc. v. Westlands Water District

899 F.2d 814 20 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,672 BARCELLOS AND WOLFSEN, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, and Boston Ranch Company; Edwin R. O'Neill; West Haven Farming Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, et al., Defendants, and United States Department of Interior, Defendant-Appellee. No. 89-15098. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 4, 1989. Decided March 16, 1990. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc June 7, 1990. William M. Smiland, Donnelly, Clark, Chase & Smiland, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Robert L. Klarquist, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before FLETCHER, FERGUSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Boston Ranch Company, Edwin R. O'Neill, and West Haven Farming Company appeal the district court's denial of their motion to order the Department of Interior to sell water to them at a certain price pursuant to a contract incorporated into a consent judgment. They argue that Sec. 224(h) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, 43 U.S.C. Sec. 390ww(h), if…