Federal Claims Court:  United States Didn’t Breach Water Contracts During Drought

Mealey's (June 9, 2022, 9:12 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A judge in the U.S. Federal Claims Court on June 6 granted summary judgment to the United States against claims by a California city and 17 irrigation districts that the Bureau of Reclamation breached water contracts in 2014 by prioritizing water deliveries to certain contractors instead of the plaintiffs....