ABATTI v. IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIST.

No. D072850.

52 Cal.App.5th 236 (2020)

MICHAEL ABATTI, as Trustee, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

July 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Theodore A. Chester, Jr. , Cheryl A. Orr ; Caldarelli Hejmanowski Page & Leer, Lee E. Hejmanowski and Marisa Janine-Page for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Sutherland & Gerber and Lowell F. Sutherland for Imperial County Farm Bureau, Imperial Valley Vegetable Growers Association and Imperial Valley Water as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Nossaman, Frederic A. Fudacz , Jennifer L. Meeker , Gina R. Nicholls and Tara E. Paul for Defendant and Appellant.

O'Laughlin & Paris, Tim O'Laughlin , Valerie C. Kincaid and Ryan E. Stager for San Joaquin Tributaries Authority as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis and David L. Osias for Imperial Valley Coalition for the Fair Sharing of Water as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Somach Simmons & Dunn, Andrew M. Hitchings and Alyson E. Ackerman for Association of California Water Agencies as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne , Assistant Attorney General, Tracy L. Winsor and Daniel M. Fuchs , Deputy Attorneys General, for State Water Resources Control Board as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

The Imperial Irrigation District (District) supplies water from the Colorado River system to California's Imperial Valley. As an irrigation district, the District holds its water rights in trust for the benefit of its users, is responsible...

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