The Court concluded that the law did not always apply to federal flood control facilities.

Central Green Co. owned 1,000 acres of pistachio orchards in California's San Joaquin Valley.

In 1996, they brought a suit against the United States alleging negligence in the operation and design of the canal.

[3] Central Green appealed again, this time to the United States Supreme Court, which granted review.

[4] He went on to write that it was a difficult 'fact-led' question about whether this singular incident would fall within the James decision.