California Court of Appeal

Metropolitan Water District Act section 135 does not require defendant to break down its water rate into component parts thereby giving preferential rights credit for amounts applied to the categories or classifications of capital costs and operating expenses.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/25/2004
• Published 03/25/2004

Judges

• RUVOLO, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, James N. Penrod, David J. Brown, Thomas M. Peterson, San Francisco, Catherine A. Jackson, Sausalito;  Hatch and Parent, Christine M. Frahm;  San Diego County Water Authority, Daniel S. Hentschke, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey Kightlinger, James Roberts;  Bingham McCutchen, David M. Heilbron, San Francisco, James J. Dragna, Los Angeles, Anthony T. Falzone and Marta E. Miyar, San Francisco, for Defendants and Respondents Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.  Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney, Richard M. Helgeson, and Arthur B. Walsh, Assistant City Attorneys, for Defendant and Respondent City of Los Angeles.   Lemieux & O'Neill and Stephen P. O'Neill for Defendants and Respondents Central Basin Municipal Water District, Foothill Municipal Water District, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and West BasinMunicipal Water District.  Richard, Watson & Gerson and James L. Markman, Brea, for Defendants and Respondents City of Beverly Hills and City of San Marino.   Terry B. Stevenson, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Burbank.   Jones & Mayer and Kimberly Hall Barlow, Fullerton, for Defendant and Respondent City of Fullerton.  Robert E. Shannon, City Attorney, and Donna F. Gwin, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Long Beach.  Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney, and Jose Sandoval, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Santa Ana.   LegrandH. Clegg II, City Attorney, and Wilmont A. Odom, Chief Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Compton.  Scott H. Howard, City Attorney, and Steven G. Lins, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Glendale.  Michele Beal, Bagneris, City Attorney, and Scott Rasmussen, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Pasadena.  Marsha Jones, Moutrie, City Attorney, and Joseph Lawrence, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Santa Monica.  John L. Fellows III, City Attorney, and Ronald T. Pohl, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Torrance.  Jack L. White, City Attorney, and Lawrence S. Newberry, Senior City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent City of Anaheim.   Cihigoyenetche, Grossberg & Clouse and Jean Cihigoyenetche, for Defendant and Respondent Inland Empire Utilities Agency.   Brunick, Battersby, McElhaney & Beckett and Steven M. Kennedy, San Bernardino, for Defendant and Respondent Three Valleys Municipal Water District.   Best Best & Krieger and Arthur L. Littleworth, Riverside, for Defendant and Respondent Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County.   Redwine & Sherrill and Gerald D. Shoaf, Riverside, for Defendant and Respondent Eastern Municipal Water District.   McCormick, Kidman & Behrens, Russell G. Behrens and Janet R. Morningstar, Costa Mesa, for Defendant and Respondent Municipal Water District of Orange County.   Law Offices of E. Clarke Moseley and E. Clarke Moseley, El Monte, for Defenant and Respondent Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District.   Ferguson, Case, Orr, Patterson & Cunningham and Doug Kulper, for Defendant and Respondent Colleguas Municipal Water District.