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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 4506 Identification: Aug. 14, 1958 Admitted: Aug. 14, 1958 Tr. 20,604 Tr. 20,617 Interrogatory D-3(a) of Interrogatories Addressed to the Complainant, the State of Arizona, by the California Defendants, Set No. 1, Dated February 28, 1956; the Answer of the State of Arizona Dated March 15, 1956, and Amended Answer Dated June 1, 1956. D-3. (a) Are deliveries of water by the United States to the Colorado River Indian Reservation chargeable against the quantities claimed by Arizona under the alleged contract of February 24, 1944? Answer by Arizona dated March 15, 1956: D-3 (a). No; because Arizona charges the beneficial consumptive use of water rather than deliveries of water. Amended Answer by Arizona dated June 1, 1956: D-3 (a). Arizona amends its answer to this question by adding to the original answer the following: This question calls for a legal conclusion, and Arizona chooses to exercise its right to answer in the alternative. In view of the circumstance that the United States has not yet taken its definitive position in respect to the nature of its rights in the various Indian reservations, Arizona reserves the right to take its final position in the light of the position of the United States. Among the |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde 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, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |