In re BAY-DELTA PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT COORDINATED PROCEEDINGS.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 5, 2008.
June 5, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Brenda Washington Davis, Rebecca Dell Sheehan, John R. Weech and Ronda Azevedo Lucas for Plaintiffs and Appellants Don Laub, Debbie Jacobsen, Ted Sheely and California Farm Bureau Federation.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Christopher H. Buckley, Jr., Alan Neal Bick and Christeon J. Constanzo for Plaintiff and Appellant California Farm Bureau Federation.
Nomellini, Grilli & McDaniel, Dante John Nomellini, Sr., Daniel A. McDaniel, Dante John Nomellini, Jr.; Thomas M. Zuckerman; and John Herrick for Plaintiffs and Appellants Central Delta Water Agency, R.C. Farms, Inc., Zuckerman-Mandeville, Inc., Rudy Mussi and South Delta Water Agency.
Brian E. Gray; Kerr & Wagstaffe, James M. Wagstaffe, Michael J. von Loewenfeldt and Keith K. Fong for Plaintiff and Appellant Regional Council of Rural Counties.
Best Best & Krieger and Roderick E. Walston for California Chamber of Commerce, California Municipal Utilities Association and Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Rossmann and Moore, Antonio Rossmann, Roger Moore, David R. Owen; Hamilton Candee, Katherine S. Poole; and Thomas J. Graff for the Planning and Conservation League, Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Tom Greene and Janet Gaard, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, J. Matthew Rodriquez, Assistant Attorney General, Daniel L. Siegel, Danae J. Aitchison, Gordon B. Burns, Virginia A. Cahill and Peter Southworth, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents State of California, Joseph Graham Davis, California Resources Agency, Mary S. Nichols, California Environmental Protection Agency, Winston H. Hickox, Department of Water Resources, Thomas Hannigan, Patrick Wright, CALFED Bay-Delta Program and Department of Fish and Game.
Timothy N. Washburn; Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger and Ellen J. Garber for Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents State of California, Joseph Graham Davis, California Resources Agency, Mary S. Nichols, California Environmental Protection Agency, Winston H. Hickox, Department of Water Resources, Thomas Hannigan, Patrick Wright, CALFED Bay-Delta Program and Department of Fish and Game.
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Nicholas W. van Aelstyn, Patricia K. Olver and Alissa B. Kolek for The Nature Conservancy as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents State of California, Joseph Graham Davis, California Resources Agency, Mary S. Nichols, California Environmental Protection Agency, Winston H. Hickox, Department of Water Resources, Thomas Hannigan, Patrick Wright, CALFED Bay-Delta Program and Department of Fish and Game.
Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Clifford W. Schulz and Eric N. Robinson for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents State Water Contractors, Kern County Water Agency and Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District.
Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Daniel J. O'Hanlon, William T. Chisum and Jon D. Rubin for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Westlands Water District.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Kevin T. Haroff; Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Kevin T. Haroff and Olive Lee Thaler for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Santa Clara Valley Water District.
Jeffrey Kightlinger, Sydney B. Bennion, Karen L. Tachiki, Linus S. Masouredis and Adam C. Kear for Real Party in Interest and Respondent The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Hatch & Parent and Lisabeth D. Rothman for California Building Industry Association, Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation, Homebuilders Association of Northern California, Building Industry of San Diego and California Business Properties Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents State of California, Joseph Graham Davis, California Resources Agency, Mary S. Nichols, California Environmental Protection Agency, Winston H. Hickox, Department of Water Resources, Thomas Hannigan, Patrick Wright, CALFED Bay-Delta Program and Department of Fish and Game and Real Parties in Interest State Water Contractors, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and Westlands Water District.
Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Stuart L. Somach, Andrew M. Hitchings and Nicholas A. Jacobs for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District.
O'Laughlin & Paris and Tim O'Laughlin for Interveners and Respondents.
Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish, Edward J. Casey and Tammy L. Jones for The Association of California Water Agencies as Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
KENNARD, J.
California's two largest rivers, the Sacramento and the San Joaquin Rivers, meet to form a delta (California Delta or Delta) near the City of Sacramento, and their combined waters, if not diverted, flow through the Delta, Suisun Bay, and San Francisco Bay, to the Pacific Ocean. The flow of water through this region, commonly known as the Bay-Delta, forms the largest estuary on the West Coast of the United States. It is also...
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