Firebaugh Canal Co, et al v. USA, et al

Filing 945

FINAL JUDGMENT on claims in Plaintiff's Fifth Amended Complaint signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 3/16/2012. (Lundstrom, T)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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FIREBAUGH CANAL WATER DISTRICT
and CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION
DISTRICT,

1:88-cv-00634 LJO DLB
1:91-cv-00048 LJO DLB
(Partially Consolidated)

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Plaintiffs,

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FINAL JUDGMENT ON CLAIMS IN
PLAINTIFFS’ FIFTH AMENDED
COMPLAINT (filed as Doc. 930 in 1:91cv-0048).

v.

11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,
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Defendants, and

13 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT,
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Defendants-in-Intervention.

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Judgment is hereby entered against Plaintiffs Firebaugh Canal Water District and Central

17 California Irrigation District (“Plaintiffs”); in favor of Federal Defendants United States of America,
18 United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and Ken Salazar, Secretary of the
19 Interior; and in favor of District Defendants Westlands Water District, Panoche Water District, Panoche
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Drainage District, and San Luis Water District on Claims One, Two, Three, Five, and Six in Plaintiffs’

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Fifth Amended Complaint, filed June 1, 2004 (Doc. #930 in Case No. CV-F-91-048). Claim Four of
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Plaintiffs’ Fifth Amended Complaint was transferred to the Court of Federal Claims and was dismissed

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This Judgment is not intended to alter the partial final judgment entered on First Phase Claims

26 concerning Federal Defendants’ duty to provide drainage to landowners within the San Luis Unit of the
27 Central Valley Project, nor is it intended to disturb this Court’s consistent retention of jurisdiction to
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enforce that partial final judgment. See Doc. 411 (March 10, 1995), amended by Doc. 654 (December

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18, 2000).

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Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 58(c)(2) and 79(a), the Clerk of the Court is directed to enter this

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Judgment on the civil docket.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

March 16, 2012

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
DEAC_Signature-END:

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