U.S. v. STATE OF CAL., STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

Nos. 81-4189X, 81-4309X.

694 F.2d 1171 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Green, Washington, D.C., for United States.

Roderick E. Walston, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for State of Cal.

Before KENNEDY, PREGERSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a continuing dispute between the state and federal governments over authority to determine the scope of operations of New Melones Dam, on the Stanislaus River in California. The New Melones project was originally authorized by section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 887, 901. In 1962 Congress appropriated funds to make the dam a large, multi-purpose project by enacting section 203 of the Flood Control Act of...

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