COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN v. ST. WATER RES. CTRL. BD

Docket No. C023548.

54 Cal.App.4th 1144 (1997)

COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD et al., Defendants and Respondents; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents; WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT et al., Interveners and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

May 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas M. Zuckerman, Neumiller & Beardslee, Jeanne M. Zolezzi, Steven A. Herum, Karna E. Harrigfeld, Brewer, Patridge, Gerlomes & Herrick, John Herrick, Roberts & Roberts, Reid Roberts, Nomellini, Grilli & McDaniel, Dante John Nomellini and Daniel A. McDaniel for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Roderick E. Walston, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles W. Getz IV, Assistant Attorney General, Clifford T. Lee and Linus Masouredis, Deputy Attorneys General, and Barbara Leidigh for Defendants and Respondents.

Maria A. Iiuzuka, Susan N. Weber, David B. Anderson, David A. Sandino, Beveridge & Diamond and Daniel J. O'Hanlon for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Thomas W. Birmingham, William T. Chisum, Best, Best & Krieger, Eric Garner, James Roberts, Linneman, Burgess, Telles, Van Atta & Vierra, Diane V. Rathmann, Morrison & Foerster and Kevin Haroff for Interveners and Respondents.


OPINION

NICHOLSON, J.

In this dispute, established water users challenge restrictions imposed under new federal standards for water quality and wildlife protection. The trial court found the United States Bureau of Reclamation was an indispensable party and dismissed the action after the bureau refused to waive its sovereign immunity. The plaintiffs appeal on equitable grounds; we...

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