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UNITED STATES v. NEVADA

No. 59, Orig.

412 U.S. 534 (1973)

UNITED STATES v. NEVADA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Griswold argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Frizzell, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kiechel, and Harry R. Sachse.

E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., argued the cause for defendant State of Nevada. With him on the brief were Robert F. List, Attorney General, Timothy James Bloomfield, and Edward C. Reed, Jr. Roderick Walston, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for defendant State of California. With him on the brief were Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Carl Boronkay, Assistant Attorney General, and Bertram G. Buzzini and Dennis Antenore, Deputy Attorneys General.*

PER CURIAM.

The United States asks leave to file a bill of complaint pursuant to this Court's original jurisdiction against the States of California and Nevada seeking a declaration of the respective rights of the States and of the United States in the Truckee River, a navigable interstate stream. The Truckee rises in the High Sierra, flows into Lake Tahoe, through which the California-Nevada boundary runs, exits on the California side of the Lake, and flows 20 miles...

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