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SBRMCOA, LLC v. Bayside Resort, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
Order compelling arbitration of parties' dispute regarding a Water Supply Agreement is: 1) reversed in part and remanded, where a challenge to a...

Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In citizen suit against defendant-district brought under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for alleged violations of its permit to discharge storm water into...

Cent. Basin Mun. Water Dist. v. Water Replenishment Dist. of S. California

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Trial court's denial of a petition brought by a municipal water district, challenging Water Replenishment District's (WRD) declared water emergency on...

Arkansas Game & Fish Comm'n v. US

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a takings suit brought by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission against the US, alleging that the temporary deviations from the plan known as the...

Surfrider Found. v. California Reg'l Water Quality Control Bd.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Trial court's denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandamus challenging the approval of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System...

City of Santa Maria v. Adam

Agriculture, Government Law, Water Law
In a water rights dispute over the groundwater contained in the Santa Maria Valley Groundwater Basin, the judgment of the trial court is: 1) affirmed...

Dow v. Lassen Irrigation Co.

Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a water rights dispute between a rancher and an irrigation company, involving the interpretation of a decree in a stream adjudication and the...

Asociacion De Gente Unida Por El Agua v. Cent. Valley Reg'l Water Quality Control Bd.

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Trial court's denial of plaintiffs' petition for a writ of mandate, challenging the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board's order...

Garland v. Cent. Valley Reg'l Water Quality Control Bd.

Environmental Law, Construction, Government Law, Water Law
Trial court's denial of a petition for writ of administrative mandate, challenging a $250,000 administrative civil liability (ACL) order issued...

Voices for Rural Living v. El Dorado Irrigation Dist.

Environmental Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In plaintiffs' petition for a writ of mandate to vacate an Irrigation District's (District) approval of an agreement to provide water to a casino...