Judicial Panel Denies MDL For 7 Federal Klamath River Basin Water Allocation Cases

Mealey's (October 5, 2022, 2:08 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) on Oct. 4 denied a motion to centralize seven federal lawsuits involving the allocation of water from the Klamath Project southern Oregon and northern California, saying that there are “striking” differences among the cases, that most cases will be decided on legal questions, that about half the cases are paused and that summary judgment rulings are imminent in some....