SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY v. METROPOLITAN WATER DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Nos. A146901, A148266.

12 Cal.App.5th 1124 (2017)

SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

June 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia Scully ; Heather C. Beatty , Joseph Vanderhorst , John D. Schlotterbeck ; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, John B. Quinn , Eric J. Emanuel , Valerie Roddy , Kathleen M. Sullivan ; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Colin C. West and Thomas S. Hixson for Plaintiff and Appellant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney, Joseph A. Brajevich , General Counsel, Julie C. Riley and Melanie Tory , Deputy City Attorneys; Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson, Amrit S. Kulkarni and Gregory J. Newmark for Defendant and Appellant City of Los Angeles acting by and through the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Aleshire & Wynder and Stephen R. Onstot for Defendant and Appellant Municipal Water District of Orange County.

John L. Fellows III , City Attorney, and Patrick Q. Sullivan , Assistant City Attorney for Defendant and Appellant City of Torrance.

Lemieux & O'Neill, Steven P. O'Neill and Michael Silander for Defendants and Appellants Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, Eastern Municipal Water District, Western Municipal Water District, Foothill Municipal Water District and West Basin Municipal Water District.

Brunick, McElhaney & Kennedy and Steven M. Kennedy for Defendant and Appellant Three Valleys Municipal Water District.

Lemieux & O'Neill and Steven P. O'Neill for Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Mark J. Hattam ; Keker, Van Nest & Peters, John W. Keker , Daniel Purcell , Dan Jackson and Warren A. Braunig for Plaintiff and Appellant.


OPINION

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) appeals a judgment holding that the rate it charges for transporting water, or "wheeling," violates numerous provisions of law and awarding the San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority) substantial damages for having charged that rate...

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