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    Texas v. New Mexico
    Consent decree proposed by States could not be entered without express consent of the United States because the decree would have disposed of the United States' claims without its consent.     		Civil Procedure, Water Rights USSC Jun. 24, 2024
    Mission Springs Water Dist. v. Desert Water Agency
    Substantial compliance with notice requirement by agency with exclusive statutory authority to serve as groundwater sustainability agency justified Department of Water Resource's refusal to publish another agency's notice of intent.     		Water Rights 4DCA/1 Apr. 15, 2024
    Modification: Planning and Conservation League v. Dept. of Water Resources
    Environmental impact analysis of amendments extending existing State Water Project contracts did not violate the California Environmental Quality Act despite testimony they could be used to fund a separate project.     		Water Rights 3DCA Jan. 29, 2024
    Planning and Conservation League v. Dept. of Water Resources
    Environmental impact analysis of amendments extending existing State Water Project contracts did not violate the California Environmental Quality Act despite testimony they could be used to fund a separate project.     		Water Rights 3DCA Jan. 9, 2024
    City of Marina v. County of Monterey
    Where other local entities failed to form a groundwater agency, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act allowed for local county to form groundwater agency and decide management of overlapped area.     		Water Rights 6DCA Nov. 15, 2023
    Westlands Water District v. All Persons Interested et al.
    To obtain judicial decree validating water district's contract with government, essential term of district's repayment obligation was necessary.     		Water Rights 5DCA Sep. 6, 2023
    Bull Field, LLC v. Merced Irrigation Dist.
    Merced Irrigation District did not make an arbitrary decision to refuse to sell appellants surplus surface water since appellant's principal was difficult to do business with.     		Water Rights 2DCA/2 Nov. 21, 2022
    Modification: California Water Curtailment Cases
    The State Water Resources Control Board did not have the authority to prevent pre-1914 appropriative and riparian water rights holders from diverting water in the time of a severe drought.     		Water Rights 6DCA Sep. 30, 2022
    California Water Curtailment Cases
    The State Water Resources Control Board did not have the authority to prevent pre-1914 appropriative and riparian water rights holders from diverting water in the time of a severe drought.     		Water Rights 6DCA Sep. 14, 2022
    Dow v. Lassen Irrigation Company
    Trust's interpretation of the Susan River Water Rights decree, giving trust superior water rights than plainly allotted in the decree, was unreasonable.     		Water Rights 3DCA Jun. 1, 2022
    Modification: Mission Peak Conservancy v. State Water Resources Control Board
    State Water Resources Control Board action of granting a small domestic use registration is ministerial, and therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).     		Water Rights 1DCA/5 Dec. 21, 2021
    Mission Peak Conservancy v. State Water Resources Control Board
    State Water Resources Control Board action of granting a small domestic use registration is ministerial, and therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).     		Water Rights 1DCA/5 Dec. 17, 2021
    Food & Water Watch v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Environmental Protection Agency's permit to Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations must contain sufficient monitoring provisions to ensure wastewater discharge compliance.     		Water Rights 9th Dec. 17, 2021
    Mississippi v. Tennessee et. al.
    The waters of the Middle of Claiborne Aquifer were subject to the remedy of equitable apportionment because the equitable apportionment was sufficiently similar to past applications of the remedy to warrant the same treatment.     		Water Rights USSC Nov. 23, 2021
    Modification: Central Delta Water Agency v. Dept. of Water Resources
    Trial court has authority to leave as-is earlier project approvals while an agency seeks California Environmental Quality Act compliance.     		Water Rights 3DCA Oct. 22, 2021
    Central Delta Water Agency v. Dept. of Water Resources
    Trial court has authority to leave as-is earlier project approvals while an agency seeks California Environmental Quality Act compliance.     		Water Rights 3DCA Sep. 23, 2021
    California Manufacturers & Technology Assoc. v. State Water Resources Control Bd.
    State Water Resources Control Board's maximum contaminant level for trichloropropane complied with Safe Drinking Water Act's requirement that new drinking water standards be 'economically feasible.'     		Water Rights 3DCA May 19, 2021
    Dow v. Honey Lake Valley Resource Conservation Dist.
    Irrigation Company may simultaneously exercise its rights to divert and store water, as provided in paragraph 21 exception of Susan River Water Right Decree.     		Water Rights 3DCA May 5, 2021
    Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases
    Plaintiff was subject to provisions of trial court's Physical Solution because he had not shown the extent or reasonableness of his claimed beneficial uses of water.     		Water Rights 5DCA Apr. 16, 2021
    Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases
    Physical Solution did not violate California's water rights priorities structure and was consistent with prior settlement in this water rights adjudication.     		Water Rights 5DCA Apr. 8, 2021
    Florida v. Georgia
    Florida failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that Georgia's alleged overconsumption of water caused serious harm to Florida's oyster fisheries or its river wildlife and plant life.     		Water Rights USSC Apr. 2, 2021
    Modification: Sweeney v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board
    Regional Water Quality Control Board's order imposing civil penalties was sufficiently supported by its finding that respondents' activities violated environmental laws and regulations.     		Water Rights 1DCA/3 Mar. 22, 2021
    Sweeney v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board
    Regional Water Quality Control Board's order imposing civil penalties was sufficiently supported by its finding that respondents' activities violated environmental laws and regulations.     		Water Rights 1DCA/3 Feb. 23, 2021
    Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases
    Expert testimony provided substantial support for trial court's conclusion that parties' stipulated plan would restore basin to hydrological balance.     		Water Rights 5DCA Jan. 11, 2021
    Texas v. New Mexico
    New Mexico was entitled to delivery credit pursuant to Section C.5 of the River Master's Manual after water stored at the request of Texas evaporated in storage.     		Water Rights USSC Dec. 15, 2020
    Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases
    Trial court correctly rejected appellant's claim that it had cognizable water rights as an appropriator for municipal purposes.     		Water Rights 5DCA Dec. 11, 2020
    Modification: Abatti v. Imperial Irrigation District
    Irrigation District abused its discretion in how it prioritized water apportionment among categories of water users in 2013 Equitable Distribution Plan.     		Water Rights 4DCA/1 Aug. 6, 2020
    Abatti v. Imperial Irrigation District
    Irrigation District abused its discretion in how it prioritized water apportionment among categories of water users in 2013 Equitable Distribution Plan.     		Water Rights 4DCA/1 Jul. 22, 2020
    Amended Opinion: Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations v. Glaser
    District court erred by interpreting 'entirely' to mean 'majority,' in Clean Water Act's exemption to permitting requirement, and error was but-for cause of dismissal of plaintiff's claim; thus, dismissal was reversed.     		Water Rights 9th Dec. 23, 2019
    Tesoro Refining v. L.A. Regional Water Quality Control Bd.
    Substantial evidence supported trial court's denial of plaintiff's writ of mandate challenging Regional Water Quality Control Board's cleanup and abatement order.     		Water Rights 2DCA/3 Nov. 27, 2019
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