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Judge Throws Out Water Lawsuit

VALLEY ROUNDUP | Santa Clarita

September 16, 1999|PAUL M. ANDERSON

A Superior Court judge threw out a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Castaic Lake Water Agency's right to buy a retail water company.

The plaintiffs, including a Santa Clarita city councilwoman, argued that state law prohibits the Castaic Lake Water Agency, a water wholesaler, from buying and operating the Santa Clarita Water Co., a water retailer.

But Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs agreed with Castaic Lake Water Agency attorneys who said a 1990 law allows the water agency to buy a water retailer as long as it is regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission.

Jennifer Kilpatrick, the attorney for the plaintiffs, said an appeal is planned.

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