SOUTH DELTA WATER AGENCY v. U.S., DEPT. OF INT.

No. 84-1758.

767 F.2d 531 (1985)

SOUTH DELTA WATER AGENCY, Alexander Hildebrand, Barbara Hildebrand, Lafayette Ranch, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, James G. Watt, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and State of California, Department of Water Resources, and David N. Kennedy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Whitridge, John A. Wilson, Wilson & Hoslett, Stockton, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Mary E. Hackenbracht, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Robert L. Klarquist, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Before DUNIWAY and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, District Judge.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Federal defendants brought this interlocutory appeal from the district court's denial of their motion to dismiss plaintiffs' suit for declaratory and injunctive relief. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the district court's denial of the defendants' motion to dismiss.

FACTS

This appeal involves the federal defendants' operation of the Central Valley Project (CVP), the nation's largest water reclamation project.

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