Case Name: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL; California Trout; San Francisco Baykeeper; Friends of the River; the Bay Institute, all non-profit organizations, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Plaintiff in Related Case, v. Kenneth Lee SALAZAR, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; Dan Ashe, in his official capacity as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Michael L. Connor, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District; Pacific Realty Associates, LP; Reclamation District 1004; Beverly F. Andreotti; Banta-Carbona Irrigation District; Patterson Irrigation District; West Side Irrigation District; Byron Bethany Irrigation District; Carter Mutual Water Company; Howald Farms, Inc.; Maxwell Irrigation District; Meridian Farms Water Company; Oji Brothers Farms, Inc.; Henry D. Richter; Sutter Mutual Water Co.; Tisdale Irrigation and Drainage Company; Windswept Land and Livestock Company; City Of Redding; Coelho Family Trust; Eagle Field Water District; Mercy Springs Water District; Oro Loma Water District; Conaway Preservation Group; Del Puerto Water District; West Stanislaus Irrigation District; Fresno Slough Water District; James Irrigation District; Tranquillity Irrigation District; Christo D. Bardis; Abdul Rauf; Tahmina Rauf; Sacramento River Ranch, LLC; Fred Tenhunfeld; Family Farm Alliance, Defendants-Appellees, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority; Westlands Water District; California Farm Bureau Federation; State Water Contractors; California Department of Water Resources; Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District; Natomas Central Mutual Water Company; Pelger Mutual Water Company; Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Company; Reclamation District 108; River Garden Farms Company; Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation District; Provident Irrigation District; Kern County Water Agency, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-05
Citations: 710 F.3d 874
Docket Number: No. 09-17661
Parties: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL; California Trout; San Francisco Baykeeper; Friends of the River; the Bay Institute, all non-profit organizations, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Plaintiff in Related Case, v. Kenneth Lee SALAZAR, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; Dan Ashe, in his official capacity as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Michael L. Connor, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District; Pacific Realty Associates, LP; Reclamation District 1004; Beverly F. Andreotti; Banta-Carbona Irrigation District; Patterson Irrigation District; West Side Irrigation District; Byron Bethany Irrigation District; Carter Mutual Water Company; Howald Farms, Inc.; Maxwell Irrigation District; Meridian Farms Water Company; Oji Brothers Farms, Inc.; Henry D. Richter; Sutter Mutual Water Co.; Tisdale Irrigation and Drainage Company; Windswept Land and Livestock Company; City Of Redding; Coelho Family Trust; Eagle Field Water District; Mercy Springs Water District; Oro Loma Water District; Conaway Preservation Group; Del Puerto Water District; West Stanislaus Irrigation District; Fresno Slough Water District; James Irrigation District; Tranquillity Irrigation District; Christo D. Bardis; Abdul Rauf; Tahmina Rauf; Sacramento River Ranch, LLC; Fred Tenhunfeld; Family Farm Alliance, Defendants-Appellees, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority; Westlands Water District; California Farm Bureau Federation; State Water Contractors; California Department of Water Resources; Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District; Natomas Central Mutual Water Company; Pelger Mutual Water Company; Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Company; Reclamation District 108; River Garden Farms Company; Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation District; Provident Irrigation District; Kern County Water Agency, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees.
Judges: Judges BERZON and IKUTA did not participate in the deliberations or vote in this case.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 710
Pages: 874–875

Head Matter:
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL; California Trout; San Francisco Baykeeper; Friends of the River; the Bay Institute, all non-profit organizations, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Plaintiff in Related Case, v. Kenneth Lee SALAZAR, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; Dan Ashe, in his official capacity as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Michael L. Connor, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District; Pacific Realty Associates, LP; Reclamation District 1004; Beverly F. Andreotti; Banta-Carbona Irrigation District; Patterson Irrigation District; West Side Irrigation District; Byron Bethany Irrigation District; Carter Mutual Water Company; Howald Farms, Inc.; Maxwell Irrigation District; Meridian Farms Water Company; Oji Brothers Farms, Inc.; Henry D. Richter; Sutter Mutual Water Co.; Tisdale Irrigation and Drainage Company; Windswept Land and Livestock Company; City Of Redding; Coelho Family Trust; Eagle Field Water District; Mercy Springs Water District; Oro Loma Water District; Conaway Preservation Group; Del Puerto Water District; West Stanislaus Irrigation District; Fresno Slough Water District; James Irrigation District; Tranquillity Irrigation District; Christo D. Bardis; Abdul Rauf; Tahmina Rauf; Sacramento River Ranch, LLC; Fred Tenhunfeld; Family Farm Alliance, Defendants-Appellees, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority; Westlands Water District; California Farm Bureau Federation; State Water Contractors; California Department of Water Resources; Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District; Natomas Central Mutual Water Company; Pelger Mutual Water Company; Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Company; Reclamation District 108; River Garden Farms Company; Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation District; Provident Irrigation District; Kern County Water Agency, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees.
No. 09-17661.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
March 5, 2013.
Hamilton Candee, Rachel Justine Zwil-linger, Barbara Jane Chisholm, Altshuler Berzon LLP, Douglas Andrew Obegi, Katherine S. Poole, Senior, Natural Resources Defense Council, Trent Orr, Ear-thjustice, San Francisco, CA, Michael R. Sherwood, Earthjustice, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
James Maysonett, Trial, Robert Harris Oakley, Jean Eva Williams, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Esquire, Somach Simmons & Dunn, Steven Paul Saxton, Esquire, Dow-ney Brand, LLP, Sacramento, CA, Jeffrey Albert Meith, Maya Ferry Stafford, Esquire, David James Steffenson, Minasian, Meith, Soares, Sexton & Cooper, LLP, Oroville, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Judges BERZON and IKUTA did not participate in the deliberations or vote in this case.

Opinion:
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
Upon the vote of a majority of nonre-cused active judges, it is ordered that this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a) and Circuit Rule 35-3. The three-judge panel opinion shall not be cited as precedent by or to any court of the Ninth Circuit.