Environmental
Mar. 4, 2013
Circuit says no to farmers' plea for water
Central Valley farmers hoping to force the federal government to give them more water got nowhere with a federal appellate court Friday, when it roundly rejected their bid.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Central Valley farmers hoping to force the federal government to give them more water got nowhere with a federal appellate court Friday, when it roundly rejected their bid.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously dismissed claims by a group of farmers in the western San Joaquin Valley unhappy with shrinking deliveries from the government's massive water delivery system called the Central Valley project. The farmers c...
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