California Court of Appeal

Judgments in seven coordinated cases are affirmed, modified, and reversed as appropriate pursuant to findings involving the State Water Resource Control Board's implementation of a water quality plan in a water rights proceeding, a related environmental impact report, a joint points of diversion petition, a change petition, and challenges to the Board's impartiality.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/09/2006
• Published 02/09/2006

Judges

• ROBIE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Baker, Manock & Jensen, John L.B. Smith, Christopher L. Campbell, Glenn J. Holder, and Kathleen A. Meehan, Fresno, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Angela Anderson et al., Nomellini, Grilli & McDaniel, Dante John Nomellini, Dante John Nomellini, Jr.;  John Herrick, Stockton;  and Thomas M. Zuckerman, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Central Delta Water Agency, R.C. Farms, Inc., Reclamation District No. 2072, Reclamation District No. 2039, Zuckerman-Mandeville, Inc., and South Delta Water Agency., Law Offices of Reid W. Roberts and Reid W. Roberts, for Plaintiff and Appellant Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District., Richard E. Nosky, Jr., City Attorney, Douglas H. Calkins and John Luebberke, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant City of Stockton., Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker, Stephan C. Volker, San Francisco, Joshua A.H. Harris, Oakland, and Marnie E. Riddle, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Golden Gate Audubon Society, Marin Audubon Society, San Joaquin Audubon Society, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and Committee to Save the Mokulumne., Neumiller & Beardslee, Thomas J. Shephard, Sr., and Deeanne Gillick, Stockton, for Plaintiffs and Appellants San Joaquin County and San Joaquin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District., Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Kevin T. Haroff and Olive Lee Thaler;  Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Kevin T. Haroff, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant Santa Clara Valley Water District., Herum Crabtree Brown, Jeanne M. Zolezzi, Stockton, Karna E. Harrigfeld, and Jennifer L. Spaletta, for Plaintiff and Appellant Stockton East Water District., Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Daniel J. O'Hanlon, Jon D. Rubin, and Andrew P. Tauriainen, Sacramento, for Plaintiff and Appellant Westlands Water District., O'Laughlin & Paris, Tim O'Laughlin and William C. Paris, III, Chico, for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants San Joaquin River Group Authority, Oakdale Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District, Turlock Irrigation District, Merced Irrigation District, San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority, Central California Irrigation District, San Luis Canal Company, Firebaugh Canal Water District, Columbia Canal Company, and Friant Water Users Authority, City and County of San Francisco., Best Best & Krieger, Gregory K. Wilkinson, Riverside and L. John Nelson IV, for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants State Water Contractors, Kern County Water Agency, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark W. Poole and Clifford T. Lee, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant State Water Resources Control Board., Bold, Polisner, Maddow, Nelson & Judson and Carl P.A. Nelson, Walnut Creek, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Contra Costa Water District., Nancy Saracino, David B. Anderson, and David Sandino, Sacramento, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Department of Water Resources., Robert C. Helwick, Oakland, Craig S. Spencer, and Fred S. Etheridge, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent East Bay Municipal Utility District., Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Daniel J. O'Hanlon, Jon D. Rubin, and Andrew P. Tauriainen, Sacramento, for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents Westlands Water District, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, and San Benito County Water District.