Wackerman Dairy, Inc. v. Wilson

7 F.3d 891 WACKERMAN DAIRY, INC., a California Corporation; Hollis E. Reimers, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George G. WILSON, Angle Decree Water Master; Orland Unit Water Users' Association, a California Corporation; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-16515. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 3, 1993. Decided Oct. 21, 1993. Stuart L. Somach, De Cuir and Somach, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. M. Anthony Soares, Minasian, Minasian, Minasian, Spruance, Baber, Meith & Soares, Oroville, CA, and Edward Shawaker, Attorney, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Hollis Reimers, owner of Black Butte Ranch, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of watermaster Wilson, the United States, and the Orland Unit Water Users' Association (OUWUA). 1 This litigation arises out of watermaster Wilson's application of the 1930 "Angle Decree" which determines the rights of the United States and some six hundred landholders…