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 156 |
OCR Text |
Show 156 The following" colloquy also makes clear that Congress intended that the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of the discretion vested in him by Section 5, could, by means of water delivery contracts, effectuate an interstate allocation, in default of allocation by the states themselves. "Mr. Walsh of Montana. If the city of Los Angeles has this enormous appropriation of the waters of the Colorado River, a perfected appropriation of [sic] an inchoate appropriation, does it follow; if the Government erects this dam across the Colorado River and creates a great storage basin, that it must yield up that amount of water to the city of Los Angeles? "Mr. Johnson. I rather think so, just exactly as if it were a perfected right for irrigation purposes. "Mr. Walsh of Montana. Yes; but I always understood that the interest that stores the water has a right superior to prior appropriations that do not store. "Mr. Johnson. Possibly so. What is the point? "Mr. Walsh of Montana. The point is that apparently, if that is correct, then this expenditure is being made with no right in the Government of the United States to control the water which is stored, but that it must go to those appropriators. "Mr. Johnson. No; the bill provides that a contract in advance must be made for the storage of water by the Secretary of the Interior. "Mr. Walsh of Montana. A contract with whom ? "Mr. Johnson. With those who utilize and take and appropriate the water. "Mr. Walsh of Montana. That is to say, the Government may dispose of the stored water as it sees fit? "Mr. Johnson. Yes; under the terms of this bill. "Mr. Walsh of Montana. Then how can it be said that the city of Los Angeles has a perfected interest ? |
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 |
168-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 156.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119908 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119908 |