ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA

No. ___, original.

292 U.S. 341 (1934)

ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur T. LaPrade, Attorney General of Arizona, and Messrs. Charles A. Carson, Jr., and A.M. Crawford were on the brief for plaintiff.

Mr. U.S. Webb, Attorney General of California, and Messrs. I.W. Stewart, Arvin B. Shaw, Charles L. Childers, E.C. Finney, Ray L. Chesebro, James M. Stevens, and Fred M. Bottorf were on the brief for California et al., defendants.

Messrs. James H. Howard, Northcutt Ely, Ray W. Bruce, C.L. Byers, Phil D. Swing, and Thos. Whelan, were on the brief for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California et al., defendants.

Mr. Paul P. Prosser, Attorney General of Colorado, Mr. Gray Mashburn, Attorney General of Nevada, Mr. E.K. Neumann, Attorney General of New Mexico, Mr. Joseph Chez, Attorney General of Utah, and Mr. Ray E. Lee, Attorney General of Wyoming, were on the brief for Colorado et al., defendants.

Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Attorney General Blair, and Messrs. Charles Bunn, Aubrey Lawrence, and Nathan R. Margold were on the brief for Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, defendant.

By leave of Court, Messrs. James D. Parriott, R.C. Hecox, Malcolm Lindsey, and Stanley P. Smith filed a brief on behalf of the City and County of Denver, as amici curiae.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

On October 13, 1930, Arizona sought, by an original bill, a declaration that the Colorado River Compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act be decreed to be unconstitutional and void; that the Secretary of the Interior and California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming be permanently enjoined from carrying out said Compact or said Act; and that they be enjoined from performing contracts which had...

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