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 223 |
OCR Text |
Show 223 zona's 2.8, Nevada's .3 and the 4.4 to which California is limited would all come from the same 7.5 million acre-feet, and that Arizona's 46% of surplus, Nevada's 4% and the 50% to which California is limited would come out of any available water in addition to the 7.5 million acre-feet per annum. This is precisely the way that Senator Pittman interpreted Section 4(a) on the floor of the Senate; he assumed that California would receive the full 4.4 million acre-feet which was the maximum she could receive out of 7.5 million acre-feet and that Arizona would receive 2.8 and Nevada .3 million acre-feet to round out the full 7.5. Senator Pittman also assumed that California would receive all of the 50% of surplus that she was eligible to receive and that Arizona would receive the rest. See pages 176-177, supra. This seems also to have been the understanding of Senator Hayden and of other Senators who participated in the debate. See pages 174-175, supra. This correlation demonstrates that the Secretary obligated himself in his contracts with the California agencies to satisfy 5,362,000 acre-feet of consumptive use out of the water allocated to California under the three-state apportionment. It is true that the California contracts do not in terms call for the delivery of half of surplus and therefore that they do not expressly apportion to California the maximum amount of water she can receive under her limitation. This does not impugn the. conclusion that the water delivery contracts substantially effectuate the apportionment contemplated by Congress. The fact that the Secretary based the contractual apportionment on Section 4(a) and that he was careful to ensure that Nevada's 4% of surplus was to come from Arizona's share demonstrates that he intended to reserve 50% of surplus for California in making the contractual apportionment. The Secretary made no master contract with the State of California, but rather made a number of contracts for specific quantities of water with |
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 |
235-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 223.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119975 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119975 |