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 6 |
OCR Text |
Show Another major controversy involves a dispute between mainstream and tributary states over water in the tributaries. The genesis of the conflict lies, of course, in the fact that uses on the tributaries diminish the mainstream supply. Superimposed on all of these interstate controversies are the claims of the United States as against all of the states. The United States claims power to regulate and control the uses of Colorado River water pursuant to the Project Act and by reason of its ownership and control of Hoover Dam and the mainstream works below. The United States also claims that it has reserved the use of water for the benefit of some 25 Indian Reservations and dozens of other federal establishments located throughout the 132,000 square miles of the Lower Basin. This summary description of the various controversies involved in this case indicates that the action is far from being the traditional equitable apportionment suit in which the Court is called upon to apportion water in a single river among two or three states. Nor is it comparable to other interstate litigation in the original jurisdiction that presents for decision a single, relatively narrow issue, such as the proper location of a boundary." On the contrary, this action is a complex of interstate lawsuits, the resolution of which depends upon the interpretation and application of the Federal Constitution, treaties, statutes, contracts and decisional law, as well as a variety of state law. Its determination will inevitably have a profound effect upon a great and rapidly developing territory, considerably larger in area and population than many nations, and containing political subdivisions therein as diverse and distant as Phoenix and Los Angeles or Las Vegas and the Imperial Valley. "In passing, it might be noticed that two of the minor issues in this case are raised by boundary disputes. |
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 |
017-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 6.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119757 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119757 |