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 298 |
OCR Text |
Show 298 sions and consumptive use in these amounts are reasonably necessary for the operation of the Refuges and that the necessary water was reserved by the United States for the Refuges when they were created. Thus I hold that the United States may divert and consume the stated quantities of water from the Colorado River as against all appropriations made subsequent to the dates that the water was reserved. If the United States requires water appropriated by others before these Refuges were created, it will have to take the necessary steps to acquire It. Since lands within the proposed Cibola Valley Waterfowl Management Area have not as yet been withdrawn for this purpose, the United States has not reserved water for use on this management area. 1. Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. An Executive Order of January 22, 1941 (No. 8647) established the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge and set apart approximately 37,370 acres of land owned by the United States in Mohave and Yuma Counties, Arizona and San Bernardino County, California, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.91 2. On February 11, 1949, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, by Public Land Order 559, added approximately 1,677 acres in Arizona and approximately 1,080 acres in California to the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge.92 3. In withdrawing lands for the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge the United States intended to reserve rights MU. S. Ex. 2607. MU. S. Ex. 2610. |
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 |
310-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 298.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120050 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1120050 |