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Show 130 sovereign states unless there are compelling reasons for doing so. The Court has often reiterated the strict standard which must be met before it will adjudicate an interstate controversy. Thus in New York v. New Jersey, 256 U. S. 296, 309 (1921), the Court stated: "Before this court can be moved to exercise its extraordinary power under the Constitution to control the conduct of one State at the suit of another, the threatened invasion of rights must be of serious magnitude and it must be established by clear and convincing evidence." See also Colorado v. Kansas, 320 U. S. 383 (1943) ; Washington v. Oregon, 297 U. S. 517, 522 (1936); Arizona v. California, 283 U. S. 423 (1931). There are compelling reasons which justify an adjudication of the various claims presented in this case to water flowing in the Colorado River. On September' 16, 1948, the Secretary of the Interior transmitted to the Congress a report from the Bureau of Reclamation which concluded that a proposed Central Arizona Project, designed to transport water from the Colorado River to an area in central Arizona, was feasible from both an engineering and a financial point of view. However, the Secretary's letter of transmittal warned that if Arizona's claims to mainstream water were not well founded, as was contended by California, then "there will be no dependable water supply available from the Colorado River for this diversion."2 As previously noted, supra, pages 30-31, Arizona sought congressional authorization for this Central Arizona Project during the 79th, 80th, 81st and 82nd Congresses. Although some of Arizona's proposals were adopted by the Senate, none of them passed the House, and, 2Ariz. Ex. 70. |
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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 |