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TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL AUTHORITY v. U.S. DEPARTMENT

No. 11-17199.

721 F.3d 1086 (2013)

TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL AUTHORITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; Kenneth Lee Salazar, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; United States Bureau of Reclamation; Michael L. Connor, in his official capacity as the Commissioner of Reclamation; Donald R. Glaser, in his official capacity as Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation for the Mid-Pacific Region, Defendants-Appellees, San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority; Westlands Water District, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 1, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Saxton (argued), Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento, CA; Ellen Lee Trescott (argued), Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo, Sacramento, CA; J. Mark Atlas , Willows, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ignacia S. Moreno , Assistant Attorney General, Vivian H.W. Wang (argued), David W. Gehlert , Charles R. Shockey , and E. Ann Peterson , Assistant United States Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division; Amy Aufdemberge and Shelly Randel , Of Counsel, United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Daniel J. O'Hanlon (argued), Hanspeter Walter , and Rebecca R. Akroyd , Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, CA, for Intervenor Defendant-Appellees San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District.

H. Craig Manson , General Counsel, Westlands Water District, Fresno, CA, for Intervenor Defendant-Appellee Westlands Water District.

Jennifer L. Spaletta , Jeanne M. Zolezzi , and Natalie M. Weber , Herum Crabtree , Stockton, CA, for Amici Curiae Stockton East Water District and Solano County Water Agency.

Alan B. Lilly and Katrina C. Gonzales , Bartkiewicz, Kronick & Shanahan, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae Northern California Water Association.

Robert E. Donlan and Elizabeth P. Ewens , Ellison, Schneider & Harris L.L.P., Sacramento, CA, for Amici Curiae Alameda County Water District, Castaic Lake Water Agency, Coachella Valley Water District, Kern County Water Agency, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Mojave Water Agency and Palmdale Water District.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General of California, Kathleen A. Kenealy , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne , Supervising Deputy Attorney General, William Jenkins , Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Amici Curiae California Water Resources Control Board and Department of Water Resources.

Before: STEPHEN S. TROTT and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and FREDERIC BLOCK, Senior District Judge.

OPINION

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:

The Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority (Canal Authority) appeals the district court's decision to grant summary judgment to the Department of Interior (Interior), Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau), San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (San Luis), and Westlands Water Authority (Westlands).

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm the district court's decision on the alternate basis that California...

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