Blog: Ninth Circuit Rejects Claims to Area of Origin Priority
From the KMTG Natural Resources Blog, the latest news and information from the natural resources practice group at Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard:
“On July 1, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion rejecting assertions by Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority (TCCA) that California area of origin law entitled its member districts to priority deliveries of Central Valley Project (CVP) water and that the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) acted in violation of law by delivering less than 100% of contract amounts during contractual ‘Conditions of Shortage.’ With the opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the 2011 decision by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.”
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