District Court, E.D. California September 30, 2011, No. 1:88-cv-0634-OWW (Firebaugh Canal Water District v. United States)

*1059MEMORANDUM DECISION RE: CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DOCS. 819, 837, 892)

OLIVER W. WANGER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

On October 22, 2010, Firebaugh Canal Water District and Central California Irrigation District (“Plaintiffs”) filed a motion for summary judgment against the United States seeking judgment (1) that the United States has unlawfully withheld drainage service for