Case Name: CASITAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-02-17
Citations: 556 F.3d 1329
Docket Number: No. 2007-5153
Parties: CASITAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, MAYER, LOURIE, RADER, SCHALL, BRYSON, GAJARSA, LINN, DYK, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Claims Reporter
Volume: 86
Pages: 1329–1336

Head Matter:
CASITAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 2007-5153.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Feb. 17, 2009.
Katherine J. Barton, Attorney, Appellate Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, filed a combined petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc for defendant-appellee. With her on the petition was Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General.
Roger J. Marzulla, Marzulla Law, of Washington, DC, filed a response to the petition for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the response was Nancie G. Marzulla.
Tara L. Mueller, Deputy Attorney General, California Office of the Attorney General, of Oakland, CA, for amicus curiae California State Water Resources Control Board. With her on the brief was Clifford T. Lee, Deputy Attorney General, of San Francisco, CA.
Robert S. Nicksin, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, of Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae California Trout, Inc.
John D. Echeverría, Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, of Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council. Of counsel on the brief was Katherine S. Poole, Natural Resources Defense Council, of San Francisco, CA.
David R. Owen, University of Maine School of Law, of Portland, ME, for amici curiae Law Professors (Robert W. Adler, et al.). With him on the brief was Joseph L. Sax, of Berkeley, CA.
Craig Holt Segall, Sierra Club Environmental Law Program, of San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae Defenders of Wildlife, et al.
Ellison Folk, Shute, Mihaly & Wein-berger LLP, of San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae Fisheries Scientists (Kozmo Bates, et al.). With him on the brief was Matthew D. Zinn.
Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, of Washington, DC, for amici curiae Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District, et al. With him on the brief was Scott M. Abeles. Of counsel on the brief was William C. Kuhs, Kuhs & Parker, of Bakersfield, CA.
Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, MAYER, LOURIE, RADER, SCHALL, BRYSON, GAJARSA, LINN, DYK, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MOORE, Circuit Judge,
with whom RADER and SCHALL, Circuit Judges, join, concurs in the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc. GAJARSA, Circuit Judge, with whom MICHEL, Chief Judge, and DYK, Circuit Judge, join, dissents from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc. LINN, Circuit Judge, dissents.
ORDER
A combined petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc was filed by the Appellee, and a response thereto was invited by the court and filed by the Appellant. The court granted the motions of California State Water Resources Control Board, California Trout, Inc., Natural Resources Defense Council, Law Professors Robert W. Adler, et al., Defenders of Wildlife et al., Fisheries Scientists Kozmo Bates, et al., and Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District et al. for leave to file briefs as amici curiae.
The petition for rehearing was referred to the panel that heard the appeal, and thereafter the petition for rehearing en banc, response, and the amici curiae briefs were referred to the circuit judges who are authorized to request a poll whether to rehear the appeal en banc. A poll was requested, taken, and failed.
Upon consideration thereof,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The petition for panel rehearing is denied.
(2) The petition for rehearing en banc is denied.
(3) The mandate of the court will issue on February 24, 2009.