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 290 |
OCR Text |
Show 290 works for the benefit of lands within the Coachella Service Area. Neither of these contracts purports in any manner to deal with water rights of the Coachella Indian Reservations and they cannot form the basis for assertion of such rights. The Act of August 25, 1950, 64 Stat. 47075 is of no aid either. That statute directs the Secretary of the Interior to designate the lands of the Coachella Reservations which could be irrigated by the facilities of the Coachella Valley County Water District and authorizes him to enter into a contract with the District for the benefit of the Indian lands. The Act does not create rights to water in favor of the Indians ; it merely serves as a preliminary step towards possible acquisition of rights. It is apparent, therefore, that up to and including 1950 the Coachella Reservations had no enforceable right to water from the Colorado River. In 1957 the Coachella Valley County Water District entered into an agreement76 with the Secretary of the Interior whereby the Secretary undertook to construct irrigation distribution works connected to the District's system to serve Indian lands designated by the Secretary. Paragraph 5 of the contract provides as follows: "After any major part of such irrigation distribution system and drainage works has been turned over to the District for care, operation, and maintenance, the District shall deliver water to the lands within Improvement District No. 1 that are listed on Schedule A and that can be irrigated through such part of the system under the same conditions, rules, and regulations, to the same extent, without discrimination, and for the same charges, ... as water is delivered by the District to other lands similarly located within the District. . . ." "Calif. Ex. 254. 76U. S. Ex. 25 IOC. |
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 |
302-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 290.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120042 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1120042 |