KANSAS v. COLORADO

No. 3, Original.

206 U.S. 46 (1907)

KANSAS v. COLORADO et al. DEFENDANTS, AND THE UNITED STATES, INTERVENOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.C. Coleman, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, Mr. S.S. Ashbaugh, Mr. N.H. Loomis and Mr. F. Dumont Smith for complainant.

Mr. N.C. Miller, Attorney General of the State of Colorado, Mr. Joel F. Vaile and Mr. Clyde C. Dawson, with whom Mr. Charles D. Hayt, Mr. Platt Rogers, Mr. C.W. Waterman, Mr. F.E. Gregg, Mr. W.R. Ramsey and Mr. I.B. Melville were on the brief, for the State of Colorado.

The Solicitor General, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Campbell and Mr. A.C. Campbell, with whom The Attorney General was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. David C. Beaman, with whom Mr. Cass E. Herrington and Mr. Fred Herrington were on the brief, for the defendant, The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company.

Mr. Platt Rogers, with whom Mr. John F. Shafroth and Mr. Frank E. Gregg were on the brief, for the defendant, The Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company.

Mr. C.C. Goodale filed a separate brief on behalf of the defendant, the Graham Ditch Company.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

While we said in overruling the demurrer that "this court, speaking broadly, has jurisdiction," we contemplated further consideration of both the fact and the extent of our jurisdiction, to be fully determined after the facts were presented. We therefore commence with this inquiry. And first of our jurisdiction of the controversy between Kansas and Colorado.

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