I’m aware, I was responding to the “land use license” that California supposedly could revoke (they can’t), not the water rights.

Someone should tell you they are taking the water from US Govt land, for which the state of California does not issue land use licenses.

And like most (all?) class action lawsuits, the real winners are the lawyers.

I’m not sure where you’re from, but in the US a 75/100 is a C. B would be 80-89.

If he owes something, via suit, divorce, or forfeiture, I imagine the $422M is as much in play as the property would have been.

I don’t see how selling it shields him from anything. The $422M is just as much of an asset as the property was.

How would this help? He sold it for $422M.