Westlands Water District San Benito Water District v. United States of America Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of Interior Kirk C. Rodgers, Acting Regional Director Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior, San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority Friant Power Authority Friant Water Users Authority Chowchilla Water District Madera Irrigation, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees v. Roger K. Patterson, Regional Director of Mid Pacific Region Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior Lester Snow, Acting Regional Director
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337 F.3d 1092 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT; San Benito Water District, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; Department of Interior; Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of Interior; Kirk C. Rodgers, Acting Regional Director; Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees, San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority; Friant Power Authority; Friant Water Users Authority; Chowchilla Water District; Madera Irrigation, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees, v. Roger K. Patterson, Regional Director of Mid Pacific Region; Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior; Lester Snow, Acting Regional Director, Defendants. No. 01-16987. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 4, 2002. Filed July 31, 2003. William T. Chisum and Daniel J. O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, and Thomas W. Birmingham for plaintiffs-appellants Westlands Water District and San Benito Water District. Todd Aagaard for defendant-appellee United States of America. Maria A. Iizuka for defendants-appellees Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, and Secretary of the Interior. Michael V. Sexton, Minasian, Spruance,…