reclamation-act

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25-266 City of Fresno, California, et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived drought-impact fifth-amendment property-rights reclamation-act takings-clause water-rights 1. Whether in accordance with Section 8 of the Reclamation Act, 28 U.S.C. § 372, the beneficial users of Reclamation Project irrigation water have com…
20-1376 Michael Abatti, et al. v. Imperial Irrigation District California 2021-04-01 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bryant-v-yellen due-process federal-law federal-reclamation imperial-valley prior-appropriation property-rights reclamation-act standing water-law water-rights 1. Whether the District may abrogate the farmers' water rights that it previously conceded, and that this Court recognized, in Bryant. 2. Whether Imp…
19-1134 Lonny E. Baley, et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-03-17 Denied Amici (6) endangered-species-act federal-agency federal-reserved-water-rights fifth-amendment mccarran-amendment reclamation-act state-law state-water-law tribal-rights water-rights Petitioners are a plaintiff class of Oregon and California farmers and ranchers who depend on their water rights in the Klamath River basin to irrigat…