Water supply of the Lower Colorado River Basin : extracts from brief and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, submitted April 1, 1959, to Hon. Simon H. Rifkind, special master, by the California defendants and excerpts from the evidence, Arizona v. California, no. 9 original October 1959 term.

Case summary: "Arizona v. California was a 12-year epic battle including three years of trial in front of a special master appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The trial involved 106 witnesses and hundreds of volumes of exhibits, ultimately producing a 433-page final report from the Master in D...

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Corporate Authors:	Arizona (Complainant), California (Defendant), Palo Verde Irrigation District (Calif.) (Defendant), Imperial Irrigation District (Calif.) (Defendant), Coachella Valley County Water District (Calif.) (Defendant), Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Calif.) (Defendant), Los Angeles (Calif.) (Defendant), San Diego (Calif.) (Defendant), San Diego County (Calif.) (Defendant), United States. Supreme Court
Other Authors:	Rifkind, Simon H. (Simon Hirsch), 1901-1995, Mosk, Stanley, 1912-2001, Ely, Northcutt, 1903-1997, Corker, Charles E., Nelson, Gilbert F., Gindler, Burton J., Alexander, John R., Sondheim, Harry B., Codon, Iryne, Moore, Prentiss, McCarty, Robert L., Wheatley, Charles F., Muys, Jerome C., Hufstedler, Shirley M., Jenney, Francis E., Lagerlof, Stanley C., Horton, Harry W., Knox, R. L., Redwine, Earl, Howard, James H., Cooper, Charles C., Jr, Keith, Donald M., Hutchinson, H. Kenneth, Doherty, Frank P., Arnebergh, Roger, Tillman, Gilmore, Mathews, John H., Du Paul, J. F., Keller, James Don, Berrey, Robert G.
Other title:	Water supply of the Lower Colorado River Basin : extracts from brief and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law submitted April 1, 1959, to Hon. Simon H. Rifkind, special master, by the California defendants and excerpts from the evidence, Arizona v. California. Arizona v. California, 373 U.S. 546 (1963) Arizona vs. California. Arizona v. California collection. Arizona v. California collection : California records and briefs.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Sacramento?] : [State of California Department of Justice], [1960]
Subjects:	Water rights > Southwest, New. Water-supply > Southwest, New. Water consumption > Southwest, New. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Water rights.

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Summary:	Case summary: "Arizona v. California was a 12-year epic battle including three years of trial in front of a special master appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The trial involved 106 witnesses and hundreds of volumes of exhibits, ultimately producing a 433-page final report from the Master in December of 1960. Proceedings at the U.S. Supreme Court required two oral arguments, producing a 5-3 decision in 1963 with two dissenting opinions, with the majority opinion implemented by a decree in 1964. The case was an original action in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Arizona seeking to clarify its rights to the use of Colorado River basin water. It was filed 30 years after the seven basin states drafted the Colorado River Compact, which apportioned the waters of the basin roughly equally between the states of the Upper and Lower Divisions, but did not apportion shares to individual states. In addition to Arizona and California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah were party to the case because they had lands located within the Lower Basin. The United States was also party to the case because of the federal water projects and lands located within the Lower Basin. It was perhaps the most high profile water case ever to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and produced considerable commentary."-- Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Arizona v. California Revisited, 52 Nat. Resources J. 363, 365-66 (2012) (quoted with permission of the author)
Item Description:	Includes tables. "Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, State of California Department of Justice." "Counsel for the State of California have been assisted in the preparation of engineering and water supply data in the findings and conclusions by: Harvey O. Banks, Raymond Matthew, Thomas M. Stetson, M. J. Dowd, C. C. Elder, Frank J. Veihmeyer, Milton Fireman and on material relating to water supply and quality by: Raymond A. Hill"--Acknowledgment. Attorneys listed on page [6]: Stanley Mosk, Northcutt Ely, Charles E. Corker, Gilbert F. Nelson, Burton J. Gindler, John R. Alexander, Harry B. Sondheim, Iryne Codon, Prentiss Moore, Robert L. McCarty, Charles F. Wheatley, Jr., Jerome C. Muys, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Francis E. Jenney, Stanley C. Lagerlof, Harry W. Horton, R. L. Knox, Jr., Earl Redwine, James H. Howard, Charles C. Cooper, Jr., Donald M. Keith, H. Kenneth Hutchinson, Frank P. Doherty, Roger Arnebergh, Gilmore Tillman, John H. Mathews, Jean F. DuPaul, James Don Keller, Robert G. Berrey.
Physical Description:	1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note:	Water Supply of the Lower Colorado River Basin : Extracts from Brief and Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Submitted April 1, 1959, to Hon. Simon H. Rifkind, Special Master, by the California Defendants and Excerpts From the Evidence, Arizona v. California, No. 9 Original, 1959 Term (U.S.) Landmark decision citation: Arizona v. California, 373 U.S. 546 (1963)

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