Title |
State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants : the United States of America and State of Nevada, interveners : State of Utah and State of New Mexico, impleaded defendants : report / Simon H. Rifkind, special master |
Creator |
United States. Supreme Court |
Subject |
Water rights; Water consumption; Rivers |
OCR Text |
Show The record of this action is another chapter in the long history of controversy relating to the Colorado River. Suit was initiated by Arizona on August 13, 1952, by filing a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint against the State of California and seven public agencies of the State.1 On January 19, 1953, the motion, unopposed, was granted. |
Publisher |
[Washington, D.C. : U.S. Supreme Court, 1960] |
Contributors |
Rifkind, Simon H. |
Date |
1960-12-05 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications |
Image files generated by Photoshop CS from PDF files |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital Image Copyright 2004, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved. |
Holding Institution |
UNLV Libraries, Special Collection, 4505 Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 |
Source Physical Dimensions |
ix, 433 p. ; 27 cm |
Call Number |
KFA2847.5.C6 A337 1960 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s61835d5 |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120114 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5 |
Title |
page 273 |
OCR Text |
Show 273 CONCLUSIONS OF LAV 1. The Executive Order of 1876 established the west bank of the Colorado River as the western boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation. 2. The Executive Order of 1876 established a boundary which changes as the course of the Colorado River changes, except when such changes are due to avulsion. 3. In the case of avulsion, the boundary remains at the west bank of the River as it existed immediately prior to the avulsive change. 4. The west bank, along which the boundary line is drawn, is the fast land along the west side of the Colorado River which serves to confine the waters within the bed and tends to preserve the course of the River. In the case of avulsion, the west bank, along which the boundary line is drawn, is the fast land along the west side of the former course of the River which served to confine the waters within the bed and tended to preserve the course of the River immediately prior to the avulsive change. 5. The 1920 "Olive Lake Cut-off" was an avulsion and worked no change in the western boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation. 6. The 1943 "Ninth Avenue Cut-off" was an avulsion and worked no change in the western boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation. 7. For the benefit of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, the United States has the right to the annual diversion of a maximum of 717,148 acre-feet of water from the Colorado River or to the quantity of mainstream water necessary to supply the consumptive use required for irriga- |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California |
Resource Identifier |
285-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 273.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120025 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1120025 |