San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority et al v. Salazar et al

Filing 477

PARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT signed by Judge Oliver W. Wanger on 12/29/2009. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that (1) final judgment is entered in favor of Federal Defendants and Defendant Intervenors on Plaintiffs Commerce Clause claim, and (2) Plaintiffs Commerce Clause claim is CERTIFIED to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as there is no just reason for delay. (Bradley, A)

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M. REED HOPPER, NO. 131291 E-Mail: [e-mail] DAMIEN M. SCHIFF, No. 235101 E-mail: [e-mail] BRANDON M. MIDDLETON, No. 255699 E-Mail: [e-mail] Pacific Legal Foundation 3900 Lennane Drive, Suite 200 Sacramento, California 95834 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Stewart & Jasper Orchards, Arroyo Farms, LLC, and King Pistachio Grove

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE DELTA SMELT CASES ) _____________________________________ ) ) ) SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER ) AUTHORITY, et al. v. SALAZAR, et al. ) _____________________________________ ) ) ) STATE WATER CONTRACTORS v. ) SALAZAR, et al. ) _____________________________________ ) ) ) COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE ) DELTA, et al. v. UNITED STATES FISH ) AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al. ) _____________________________________ ) ) ) METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT v. ) UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE ) SERVICE, et al. ) _____________________________________ ) ) STEWART & JASPER ORCHARDS, et al. v. ) ) UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE ) SERVICE, et al. ) )

Case No.: 1:09-cv-407 OWW DLB PARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT

PARTIAL JUDGMENT Case No. 1:09-cv-407 OWW DLB

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Claim Six of Plaintiffs Stewart & Jasper Orchards, et al.'s (Plaintiffs) Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief alleged that application of Sections 7(a)(2) and 9 of the Endangered Species Act to the delta smelt is an invalid exercise of Congress' Commerce Clause authority (Commerce Clause claim). Stewart & Jasper Orchards, et al. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al., 1:09-cv-892 OWWB DLB (Doc. 1). Stewart & Jasper Orchards was consolidated with four other, related matters on June 24, 2009, under case No. 1:09-cv-407 OWW DLB, The Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases (Doc. 120). In accordance with: (1) the Court's November 10, 2009, order (The Delta Smelt

Consolidated Cases, Doc. 339) denying Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on their Commerce Clause claim and granting the United States Fish and Wildlife Service et al.'s (Federal Defendants) and Natural Resources Defense Council et al.'s cross-motions for summary judgment on Plaintiffs' Commerce Clause claim, and (2) the Court's December 10, 2009, memorandum decision and order (The Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases, Doc. 460) granting Plaintiffs' motion for entry of final judgment on their Commerce Clause claim pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that (1) final judgment is entered in favor of Federal Defendants and Defendant Intervenors on Plaintiffs' Commerce Clause claim, and (2) Plaintiffs' Commerce Clause claim is CERTIFIED to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as there is no just reason for delay.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: December 29, 2009 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER United States Senior District Judge

PARTIAL JUDGMENT Case No. 1:09-cv-407 OWW DLB

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