Klamath Project MDL Faces Unanimous Opposition; Movant Cites 2 Other Water MDLs

Mealey's (September 2, 2022, 12:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — While all responding parties on Aug. 24 opposed centralization of seven federal lawsuits involving the United States’ management of water in the Klamath Project in Oregon, the moving Klamath Irrigation District (KID) on Aug. 31 told the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) that the panel faced the same issues in 2007 and 2003 when it created two MDLs related to federal operation of water systems in Georgia and Missouri....