Best Best & Krieger LLP attorneys successfully defended a lawsuit filed by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians against two water agencies by showing the tribe lacked standing to pursue federal claims involving...more
Best Best & Krieger LLP, representing the City of Paso Robles, successfully defended the City in a jury trial that found the water suppliers had acquired prescriptive groundwater rights to the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin...more
10/3/2018
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Recent Rainfall Not Enough to Stop Drought Emergency Measures -
Despite some rainfall and the temporary lifting of certain 2014 surface water curtailment notices during the fall, the drought emergency in California...more