KANSAS v. COLORADO

No. 10. Original.

185 U.S. 125 (1902)

KANSAS v. COLORADO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.A. Godard and Mr. Eugene F. Ware for the State of Kansas. Mr. S.S. Ashbaugh was on their brief.

Mr. Luther M. Goddard, Mr. Platt Rogers and Mr. Charles S. Thomas for the State of Colorado. Mr. Charles C. Post and Mr. Henry A. Dubbs were on their brief.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The original jurisdiction of this court over "controversies between two or more States" was declared by the judiciary act of 1789 to be exclusive, as in its nature it necessarily must be.

Reference to the language of the Constitution providing for its exercise, to its historical origin, to the decisions of this court in which the...

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