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PACIFIC LIVE STOCK CO. v. OREGON WATER BD.

No. 300.

241 U.S. 440 (1916)

PACIFIC LIVE STOCK COMPANY v. LEWIS, ET AL., CONSTITUTING THE STATE WATER BOARD OF THE STATE OF OREGON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 5, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward F. Treadwell, with whom Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. F.W. Clements were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. George M. Brown, Attorney General of the State of Oregon, Mr. George T. Cochran and Mr. Will R. King, with whom Mr. J.O. Bailey, Mr. James T. Chinnock and Mr. Percy A. Cupper were on the brief, for appellees.1

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity to enjoin a proceeding before the State Water Board of Oregon looking to the ascertainment and adjudication of the relative rights of the various claimants to the waters of Silvies River in that State, the grounds upon which such relief is sought being (a) that it is essential to protect a jurisdiction previously acquired by the District Court, and (b) that the local statute, 3 Lord...

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