Mealey's (October 11, 2017, 8:50 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some 1,151 farmers in Southern Oregon and North California lost their 16-year class action lawsuit after a Federal Claims Court judge on Sept. 29 said some of them don’t hold individual water rights and others are prohibited from suing the federal government or have water rights that are junior to those of three Native American tribes (Lonny Baley, et al v. United States, No. 1-591L, et al., Fed Clms., 2017 U.S. Claims LEXIS 1251)....