NEW JERSEY v. NEW YORK

No. 16, original.

283 U.S. 336 (1931)

NEW JERSEY v. NEW YORK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 4, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Duane E. Minard, Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey, and James M. Beck, with whom Messrs. William A. Stevens, Attorney General, and George S. Hobart were on the brief, for plaintiff.

Mr. Thomas Penney, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General of New York, with whom Mr. John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney General, was on the brief, for the defendant State of New York.

Mr. Arthur J.W. Hilly, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, with whom Messrs. J. Joseph Lilly, Frank H. Deal, Frank J. Coyle, and David C. Broderick were on the brief, for defendant City of New York.

Mr. George G. Chandler, with whom Mr. William A. Schnader, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, was on the brief, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, intervener.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a bill in equity by which the State of New Jersey seeks to enjoin the State of New York and the City of New York from diverting any waters from the Delaware River or its tributaries, and particularly from the Neversink River, Willowemoc River, Beaver Kill, East Branch of the Delaware River and Little Delaware River, or from any part of any one of them. The other...

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