CONNECTICUT v. MASSACHUSETTS

No. 12, Original.

282 U.S. 660 (1931)

CONNECTICUT v. MASSACHUSETTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Ernest L. Averill, Deputy Attorney General of Connecticut, and Benedict M. Holden, with whom Mr. Benjamin W. Alling, Attorney General, was on the brief, for complainant.

Mr. Bentley W. Warren, Special Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, with whom Messrs. Joseph E. Warner, Attorney General, Gerald J. Callahan, R. Ammi Cutter, and Manley O. Hudson were on the brief, for defendant.*


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The State of Connecticut brought this suit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to enjoin her from diverting waters from the watershed of the Connecticut river to provide water for Boston and neighboring cities and towns.

Legislation of Massachusetts authorizes diversion into the Wachusett reservoir of the flood waters of the Ware river, c. 375, Laws 1926, and of certain waters of the Swift river...

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