ANTELOPE VALLEY GROUNDWATER CASES

No. F082094.

58 Cal.App.5th 343 (2020)

ANTELOPE VALLEY GROUNDWATER CASES. PHELAN PIÑON HILLS COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT, Cross-complainant and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE COMPANY et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

December 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aleshire & Wynder, June S. Ailin and Nicolas D. Papajohn for Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Lagerlof, Senecal, Gosney & Kruse and Thomas S. Bunn III for Cross-defendant and Respondent Palmdale Water District.

Murphy & Evertz and Douglas J. Evertz for Cross-defendants and Respondents City of Lancaster and Rosamond Community Services District.

Olivarez Madruga Lemieux O'Neill and W. Keith Lemieux for Cross-defendants and Respondents Littlerock Creek Irrigation District, Palm Ranch Irrigation District, Desert Lake Community Services District, North Edwards Water District, Llano Del Rio Water Company, Llano Mutual Water Company, Big Rock Mutual Water Company and Quartz Hill Water District.

Mary Wickham , County Counsel, Warren R. Wellen , Deputy County Counsel; Best Best & Krieger, Eric L. Garner , Jeffrey V. Dunn , and Wendy Y. Wang for Cross-defendant and Respondent Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40.

Kuhs & Parker and Robert G. Kuhs for Cross-defendants and Respondents Tejon Ranchcorp, Tejon Ranch Company and Granite Construction Company.

Law Offices of LeBeau Thelen and Bob H. Joyce for Cross-defendants and Respondents Diamond Farming Company, Crystal Organic Farms, Grimmway Enterprises, Inc., and Lapis Land Company, LLC.

Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney; Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard and Eric N. Robinson for Cross-defendants and Respondents City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports.

Venable and William M. Sloan for Cross-defendant and Respondent U.S. Borax, Inc.

Richards, Watson & Gershon and James L. Markman for Cross-defendant and Respondent Antelope Valley-East Kern Water District.

Ellison, Schneider, Harris & Donlan and Christopher M. Sanders for Cross-defendants and Respondents Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Nos. 14 and 20.

Zimmer & Melson and Richard Zimmer for Cross-defendants and Respondents Wm. Bolthouse Farms and Bolthouse Properties, LLC.


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OPINION

Over 20 years ago, the first lawsuits were filed that ultimately evolved into this proceeding known as the Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases (AVGC). The AVGC proceeding litigated whether the water supply...

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