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MADERA IRR. DIST. v. HANCOCK

No. 91-16013.

985 F.2d 1397 (1993)

MADERA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, Natural Resources Defense Council, et al., Intervenors-Appellees, and Chowchilla Water District, Plaintiff, v. Lawrence F. HANCOCK, as Regional Director of the Mid-Pacific Region of the United States Bureau of Reclamation; Dennis Underwood, as Commissioner of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior, and; Manuel Lujan, Jr., as Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1993.

As Amended March 8, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denslow Green, Green, Green and Rigby, Madera, CA, for plaintiff-appellant Madera Irr. Dist.

Robert L. Klarquist, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees Lawrence F. Hancock, et al.

Brian E. Gray, San Francisco, CA, for intervenors-appellees Natural Resources Defense Council, et al.

Before: ALARCON, HALL, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

Madera Irrigation District sued for a declaratory judgment and injunction, to prevent the United States from changing the terms of its water purchases when Madera renewed its contract. The district court dismissed for failure to state a claim. We conclude that the government has the power to impose the particular requirements at issue, and affirm.

I. Facts.

In 1939, Madera Irrigation District sold land and San Joaquin River...

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