SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTH. v. SALAZAR

Nos. 1:09-cv-407 OWW DLB, 1:09-cv-422 OWW GSA, 1:09-cv-480 OWW GSA, 1:09-cv-631 OWW DLB, 1:09-cv-892 OWW DLB.

666 F.Supp.2d 1137 (2009)

Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases. SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY, et al. v. SALAZAR, et al. State Water Contractors v. Salazar, et al. Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, et al. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. Metropolitan Water District v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. Stewart & Jasper Orchards et al. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

October 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Audrey M. Huang, Paul S. Weiland, John J. Flynn, III, Robert C. Horton, Nossaman LLP, Irvine, CA, Christopher J. Carr, Morrison and Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Hanspeter Walter, William Thomas Chisum, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Eileen M. Diepenbrock, Jon David Rubin, Diepenbrock Harrison, Brandon Murray Middleton, Damien Michael Schiff, James S. Burling, M. Reed Hopper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, Metropolitan Water District, Stewart & Jasper Orchards, et. al.

James A. Maysonett, Ethan Carson Eddy, Kevin William McArdle, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Jonathan R. Marz, Diepenbrock Harrison, William James Shapiro, United States Department of Justice, Brenda Washington Davis, The Brenda Davis Law Group, Sacramento, CA, Allison Ernestine Goldsmith, Cecilia Louise Dennis, Clifford Thomas Lee, Michael M. Edson, California Attorney General's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Salazar, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.


MEMORANDUM DECISION RE CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT RE REASONABLE AND PRUDENT ALTERNATIVE CLAIMS (Docs. 230 & 236).

OLIVER W. WANGER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case is before the court on the parties' cross motions for summary judgment to adjudicate the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's ("FWS") December 15, 2008 biological opinion ("BiOp" or "2008 BiOp") regarding the impact of coordinated operations of the Central...

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