SIERRA CLUB v. ANDRUS

Nos. 76-1464, 76-1494, 76-1534, 76-1651, 76-1663 and 76-1981.

610 F.2d 581 (1979)

SIERRA CLUB, a non-profit California Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS, as Secretary of the Interior of the United States, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Kern County Water Agency, a public agency, et al., Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Wunderlich, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Robert Thum, on brief, John Clark, Margot Wenger, Pettit & Martin, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Michael R. Sherwood, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., on brief.

Before ELY, TRASK, and TANG, Circuit Judges.


ELY, Circuit Judge:

These appeals stem from the efforts of two environment associations and two private citizens1 to control the pumping of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the Delta) into the canals and aqueducts of the California Water Project. The facts are reported fully in the excellent opinion of District Judge Renfrew. Sierra Club v. Morton, 400 F.Supp. 610 (N.D.Cal. 1975...

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