COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit sides with Reclamation in fight over California water contract conversions Courthouse News Service Water project operationsWater rights and water law August 18, 2026A lower court previously ruled conversion of contracts between water users and the Bureau of Reclamation did not have to...
PRESS RELEASE: Federal Court upholds Bureau of Reclamation’s conversion of water service contracts in Central Valley US Department of Justice Water rights and water law July 23, 2025From the Department of Justice: Last week, a judgment entered by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge backs Reclamation in fight over California water contract conversions Courthouse News Service Water project operations July 1, 2025A federal judge agreed that a 2016 law requires the Bureau of Reclamation to convert short-term contracts into permanent ones...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit won’t rehear Delta smelt defenders’ challenge to Central Valley Project water contracts Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law August 2, 2024The court’s denial may well mean the end of a 20-year-old water management battle. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service...
HOOPA TRIBE: Pressure grows on Biden administration to set aside illegal Trump-era water contract with Westlands Water District Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law February 7, 2024Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity cite California Supreme Court, federal law, Tribal rights, and Biden policy in call...
PRESS RELEASE: California Supreme Court denies Westlands’ appeal Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law December 1, 2023From the Hoopa Valley Tribe: With four words, the California Supreme Court thwarted agribusiness giant Westlands Water District’s years-long scheme...
PRESS RELEASE: Trinity County Calls on Interior Secretary to Terminate Trump-Era Water Contract, Cites Fishery Destruction and Financial Misconduct Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law November 20, 2023Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe Emerging victorious from a California Appeals Court ruling after a four-year battle against...
HOOPA TRIBE PRESS RELEASE: Westlands asks California Supreme Court to overturn environmental restoration obligations, further decimating Trinity River fishery Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law October 16, 2023Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe: In its latest effort to evade payment of at least $100 million in...
SJV WATER: Courts keep ruling against action tied to Westlands’ federal contract but it doesn’t mean much. Why not? SJV Water Water rights and water law August 9, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Center for Biological Diversity trumpeted a court ruling Monday that denied an appeal by...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California appeals court rules against Westlands Water District in dispute over its contract with feds Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law August 8, 2023The contract sought would have provided the district with permanent access to over one million acre-feet of water for agricultural...
THIS JUST IN … Fishing industry group asks for investigation into CVPIA Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) Water project operations May 5, 2021Did BOR shift economic burden from Water Contractors to taxpayers? From the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations: On Monday...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds Defend Permanent Water Contracts to Benefit Agriculture Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation December 10, 2020Defending the decision to give farm irrigation districts permanent access to low-cost, federally pumped water in California, a Justice Department...
LEGAL BRIEFS: Judge denies motion for injunction over Shasta operations; San Joaquin County alleges misrepresentations by Westlands in CVP contract Maven Water project operationsWater rights and water law June 26, 2020The Eastern District Court has issued a ruling in a lawsuit brought by Pacific Coast Federation Of Fishermen’s Associations over...
THIS JUST IN … Lawsuit Challenges Federal Water Contracts That Imperil Delta, Fish, Wildlife Conservation organizations & coalitions Water rights and water law May 20, 2020Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity, Restore the Delta, and the Planning and Conservation League: Three environmental groups...
Reclamation releases draft congressionally mandated repayment contracts for Central Valley Project contractors from the Shasta, Trinity and Sacramento River Divisions Bureau of Reclamation News Policy and regulation March 3, 2020From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water...
