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 131 |
OCR Text |
Show 131 on April 18, 1951, the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs adopted a resolution that consideration of bills relating to the Central Arizona Project "be postponed until such time as use of the water in the lower Colorado River Basin is either adjudicated or binding or mutual agreement as to the use of the water is reached by the States of the lower Colorado River Basin."8 About a year later Arizona instituted the present law suit. It is apparent from these circumstances that Arizona will not be able to develop the Central Arizona Project without an adjudication by the Supreme Court as to the rights of the several parties to the water in the mainstream of the Colorado River. Congress has indicated it will not authorize construction of the Project until rights to mainstream water are adjudicated; nor can it be financed privately until such rights are fully established. In short, Arizona's utilization of the mainstream water which she argues has been apportioned to her in the Boulder Canyon Project Act is being frustrated by the conflicting claims of the other parties to this suit. This is reason enough for the Supreme Court to exercise its original jurisdiction. If the Supreme Court does not exercise its jurisdiction in this case on the ground that Arizona is not presently in a position to divert the water which she claims, Arizona will be faced with a dilemma: Congress will not authorize the Central Arizona Project until Arizona's right to mainstream water is determined, and the Supreme Court will not determine Arizona's right to the water until Congress authorizes the Project. Moreover, without the Central Arizona or a similar project, Arizona will not be able to fully utilize the water ^Hearings on H. R. 1500 and H. R. 1501 Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, 82nd Cong., 1st Sess., pt. 2, pp. 739, 740-756 (1951). |
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 |
143-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 131.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119883 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119883 |