“The response, filed by several agricultural water districts with Kern River rights, urges the Supreme Court to deny a petition to review the 5th District’s opinion and let it remain published, which can set precedent for how other courts rule in similar cases.
The letters all seek to have the Supreme Court “depublish” the 5th District’s ruling, making it less potent. Two of the letters were filed by the original plaintiffs who had earlier submitted a petition asking the Supreme Court to review the 5th District’s ruling.
The state Attorney General and two environmental public interest groups also sent letters beseeching the state’s top court to depublish the 5th District’s opinion. More, similar, letters are expected in the next few weeks, said attorney Adam Keats, who represents Bring Back the Kern and several other public interest groups fighting for flows in the Kern River through Bakersfield.” [Read More]