NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL v. PATTERSON

No. CIV.S-88-1658 LKK.

333 F.Supp.2d 906 (2004)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Roger PATTERSON, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

August 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Wall, Hamilton Candee, Jared Huffman, Natural Resources Defense Council, Philip F. Atkins-Patterson, Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton, Fred H. Altshuler, Adam B. Wolf, Altshuler Berzon Nussbaum Rubin & Dermain, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs.

U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, Eileen Sobeck, Washington, DC, Gregory K. Wilkinson, Best Best and Krieger, Riverside, CA, K. Jack Haugrud, Washington, DC, Maria A. Iizuka, Sacramento, CA, Gary W. Sawyers, Law Offices of Gary W. Sawyers, Fresno, CA, John L. Marshall, Jason Cohen, Washington, DC, for defendants.


ORDER

KARLTON, Senior District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on plaintiffs' motion for summary adjudication as to liability on their claim under § 8 of the Reclamation Act of 1902. Plaintiffs allege that since the late 1940s, the Department of Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has failed to release the amount of water through the Friant Dam required to keep the San Joaquin River historic fisheries in good condition. The Friant defendants...

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