There is an old expression that describes an effort to exaggerate or magnify the significance of a dispute â âYou donât need to make a federal case out of it.â That expression describes precisely the Abatti effort to engage the U.S. Supreme Court in a review of the California Appellate Court decision that completely rejected the notion that landowning farmers in the Imperial Valley own a water right that runs with their land. Under applicable law, they have a protected right to water service from the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) that runs with their land, the same right as domestic, municipal, industrial and other landowners in the Imperial Valley.Â