The companies affected by a water curtailment order want a due process hearing and compensation for what they call the taking of their water rights. RENO, Nev. (CN) — Three California companies argued Tuesday before a Ninth Circuit panel that the state wrongly curtailed their water rights and denied them a due process hearing and compensation. The appeal focuses on water rights held in Mill and Deer creeks in Tehama County. Circuit Judge Danielle Forrest, a Donald Trump appointee, noted that the lower court determined the curtailment of water rights wasn’t a taking. “It’s not that they can’t bring that claim, it’s that they have to do it in state court,” she added.