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ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA

No. 8, Orig.

530 U.S. 392 (2000)

ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey P. Minear argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Schiffer, and Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler.

Mason D. Morisset argued the cause for defendant Quechan Indian Tribe. With him on the briefs was K. Allison McGaw.

Jerome C. Muys argued the cause for the State parties. With him on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary B. Hackenbracht, Assistant Attorney General, Douglas B. Noble, Deputy Attorney General, Michael Pearce, Steven B. Abbott, and Karen L. Tachiki.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Rehnquist, C. J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which O'Connor and Thomas, JJ., joined, p. 422.

Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In the latest chapter of this long-litigated originaljurisdiction case, the Quechan Tribe (Tribe) and the United States on the Tribe's behalf assert claims for increased rights to water from the Colorado River. These claims are based on the contention that the Fort Yuma (Quechan) Indian Reservation encompasses some 25,000 acres of disputed boundary lands not attributed...

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