Free Motion for Leave to File - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:01-cv-00591-FMA

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS __________________________________________ ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ) Defendant, ) ) PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF ) FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS, ) ) Defendant-Intervenor ) __________________________________________) KLAMATH IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al.,

No. 01-591 L

Judge Francis M. Allegra

AMICUS NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL'S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY Amicus Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. ("NRDC") respectfully requests the Court to grant NRDC leave to file a copy of the decision of the California Court of Appeals in Allegretti v. County of Imperial, as published by the Court on April 26, 2006. A copy of the decision as published its attached. NRDC believes this published decision may be of assistance to the Court in reaching its decision in this case.

Case 1:01-cv-00591-FMA

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For these reasons, NRDC respectfully requests the Court to grant leave to file this supplementary authority.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/John D. Echeverria John D. Echeverria Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 662-9850 Hamilton Candee Natural Resources Defense Council 111 Sutter Street, 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 777-0220 Counsel for Amicus Curiae NRDC

April 27, 2006

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