• Alameda County Flood Control, etc. v. Department Of Water Resources

    Publication Date: 2013-02-19
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    Date Filed: 2013-02-15
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, John S. Poulos, Amy L. Pierce, Darcy L. Muilenburg; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Greg L. Johnson; Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard and Edward J. Tiedemann, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District Zone 7, Alameda County Water District, City of Yuba City, County of Butte, County of Kings, Empire West Side Irrigation District, Kern County Water Agency, Napa County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, Oak Flat Water District, Plumas County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, Santa Clara Valley Water District, Solano County Water Agency, and Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District. Amelia T. Minaberrigarai, for Plaintiff and Appellant Kern County Water Agency.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, Denise Ferkich Hoffman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Matthew J. Goldman and Vera Sandronsky, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent, State of California, Department of Water Resources. Bingham McCutchen LLP, James J. Dragna, Colin C. West and Thomas S. Hixson, for Defendants, Interveners and Appellants Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency, Castaic Lake Water Agency, Central Coast Water Authority, Coachella Valley Water District, Crestline-Lake Arrowhead Water Agency, Desert Water Agency, Littlerock Creek Irrigation District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Mojave Water Agency, Palmdale Water District, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency, and United Water Conservation District. Best Best & Krieger LLP and Robert M. Sawyer, for Defendant, Intervener and Appellant, Ventura County Watershed Protection District. Marcia L. Scully, John Schlotterbeck, Heather C. Beatty and Karen L. Tachiki for Defendant, Intervener and Appellant, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

    Case Number: No. C065522

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 1904ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, ETC. et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,v.DEPARTMENT

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