Westlands Water Dist. v. US Dept. of Interior

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “under California law, the Exchange Contractors are entitled to available water supplies ahead of junior appropriators.”
• “Under Section 8 of the 1902 Reclamation Act, federal reclamation projects must be operated in accordance with state water law, when not inconsistent with congressional directives.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).