ELR Citation: ELR 20672
No(s). 89-15098 (9th Cir. Mar 16, 1990)

The court holds that §224(h) of the 1982 Reclamation Reform Act does not deprive landowners with recordable contracts for water on excess lands of a property right within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment and that Congress did not violate the principle of separation of powers in enacting §224(h)....