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Litigation

Feb. 10, 2004

Suit Leaves Water Agency High and Dry

After 10 years of litigation, three trials and a 150-page decision, two squabbling water authorities have an interpretation of a 70-year-old contract that ends their long-running legal squabble and leaves one on the hook for $17 million.

By Amy K. Spees
        After 10 years of litigation, three trials and a 150-page decision, two squabbling water authorities have an interpretation of a 70-year-old contract that ends their long-running legal squabble and leaves one on the hook for $17 million.
        San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Michael Smith had to decipher the contract...

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