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 289 |
OCR Text |
Show 289 OPINION The United States claims the right to the use of a certain quantity of Colorado River water, through the facilities of the Coachella Valley County Water District, for the irrigation of a specified number of irrigable acres of the Cabazon, Augustine and Torres-Martinez Indian Reservations located within the District.72 This claim is based upon the Boulder Canyon Project Act, various federal statutes and several contracts to which the Coachella Valley County Water District is a party. It is clear that the geographic relationship of these Reservations to the Colorado River-they are outside the River's drainage basin-leaves no room for a presumption, absent a specific showing, that the United States intended to reserve water from the Colorado River for use on these Reservations. Indeed, the United States does not rely on the "reservation" theory in claiming water for these Reservations. The Boulder Canyon Project Act does not specifically invest the Coachella Reservations, or indeed any Indian Reservation, with rights to water from the Colorado River. Nor can any such rights be reasonably inferred from the Act's authorization of the Secretary of the Interior to deliver water to the Coachella Valley. The same conclusion follows upon examination of two contracts between the Coachella Valley County Water District and the United States dated 1934 and 1947. The 1934 contract73 provides for the construction of Imperial Dam and the All-American Canal for the benefit, inter alia, of lands within the Coachella Valley. The 1947 contract74 provides for the construction of distribution and drainage 72 See U. S. Proposed Conclusion 4.9. 73Ariz. Ex. 36 74Calif. Ex. 309. |
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 |
301-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 289.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120041 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1120041 |