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 332 |
OCR Text |
Show 332 c. United States Claims The United States asserts rights to water from sources within the drainage of the Gila River System for use on various Indian Reservations as well as on National Forests, Parks, Monuments and lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. A number of Indian Reservations and several other federal establishments are situated on tributaries of the Gila which flow exclusively within the State of Arizona. The United States claims on these Arizona tributaries assume the posture of claims against other individual users within the State of Arizona. It would be inexpedient in this case to adjudicate such purely local claims. Moreover, there is no such collision between competing uses on these tributaries as to warrant judicial interference in this litigation. And even if there were such a dispute, it would not be necessary or helpful to resolve it in order to make the apportionment between Arizona and New Mexico. Different considerations govern the claims of the United States to water from the Gila River and its interstate tributaries. These streams are overappropriated. The controversy with respect to them is real and immediate; and the disposition of these claims materially affects the interstate allocation as between Arizona and New Mexico. Thus New Mexico's claim for confirmation of existing uses out-of-priority conflicts with the United States claim that it has reserved water of the Gila River and its interstate tributaries for the use of its establishments downstream in Arizona. There are three Indian Reservations on behalf of which the United States claims the right to water from the Gila River proper; they are the Gila River, the San Carlos and the Gila Bend Indian Reservations.81 The United States "See U. S. Proposed Conclusions 4.21, 4.22.2, 4.23.4. |
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 |
344-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 332.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120084 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1120084 |