Westlands Water District v. United States

100 F.3d 94 36 Fed.R.Serv.3d 481 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8133 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13 ,476 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT; San Benito County Water District, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; Department of Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; Roger K. Patterson, Regional Director of Mid-Pacific Region; Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees, and San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority; Friant Power Authority; Friant Water Users Authority; Chowchilla Water District; Madera Irrigation, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-17189. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 17, 1996. Decided Nov. 7, 1996. Thomas W. Birmingham and William T. Chisum, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Edward J. Shawaker and Robert L. Klarquist, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Michael V. Sexton, Minasian, Minasian, Minasian, Spruance, Baber, Meith & Soares, Oroville, CA, for defendants-intervenors-appellees San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority and Friant…