OKLAHOMA EX REL. PHILLIPS v. ATKINSON CO.

No. 832.

313 U.S. 508 (1941)

OKLAHOMA EX REL. PHILLIPS, GOVERNOR, v. GUY F. ATKINSON CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. C.C. Hatchett and Randell S. Cobb, First Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, with whom Messrs. Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General, and William O. Coe were on the brief, for appellant.

Assistant Solicitor General Fahy, with whom Assistant Attorney General Littell and Messrs. Warner W. Gardner and Richard H. Demuth were on the brief, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves primarily the constitutionality of the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1215) insofar as it authorizes the construction of the Denison Reservoir on Red River in Texas and Oklahoma.1

The bill in equity was filed by the State of Oklahoma seeking to enjoin the construction of...

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