OCR Text |
Show 17 quillity, and to prevent armed conflict, to suspend further operations, and to submit to the decision of this Court the rights of the United States to construct said Parker Dam and to proceed to the completion thereof under the terms of its contract with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. That unless the defendant, the State of Arizona, its officers and agents, are prevented from interfering with the construction and erection of said Parker Dam the constitutional power and authority of the United States in respect of the control of navigable rivers in aid of navigation and the use thereof in the creation of public works for the material advantage and benefit of the public will thereby be defeated and set at naught. XIII Plaintiff has no plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law and unless the defendant, the State of Arizona, and its officers, representatives, and agents are restrained and enjoined from interfering with the construction of said Parker Dam great and irrevocable damage and injury to the United States, the plaintiff herein, will result. Wherefore, the plaintiff, the United States of America, prays: (a) That the defendant, the State of Arizona, be required to appear and answer this bill of complaint and therein to specifically set forth the nature and extent of its asserted right to interfere- |
Source |
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. |