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NEBRASKA v. WYOMING

No. 108, Orig.

507 U.S. 584 (1993)

NEBRASKA v. WYOMING et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided April 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Cook, Senior Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for defendant State of Wyoming. With him on the briefs were Joseph B. Meyer, Attorney General, and Raphael J. Moses, Charles N. Woodruff, and James R. Montgomery, Special Assistant Attorneys General. Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, argued the cause for defendant State of Colorado. With her on the brief were Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, and Wendy C. Weiss, First Assistant Attorney General.

Richard A. Simms, Special Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for plaintiff State of Nebraska. With him on the briefs were Don Stenberg, Attorney General, Marie C. Pawol, Assistant Attorney General, James C. Brockmann, and Jay F. Stein.

Jeffrey P. Minear argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Starr, Acting Assistant Attorney General O'Meara, Edwin S. Kneedler, Andrew F. Walch, and Patricia L. Weiss.*

O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice O'Connor, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this original action we revisit the dispute among Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and the United States over water rights to the North Platte River. In 1945, this Court entered a decree establishing interstate priorities on the North Platte and apportioning the natural flow of one critical portion of the river during the irrigation season. Nebraska returned to the Court in 1986 seeking an order for enforcement...

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