Arizona v. California Collection

The Arizona v. California Collection at the William A. Wise Law Library contains more than 185 full-text, searchable pleadings, briefs, orders, transcripts, and reports from the historic, 12-year original proceeding in the U.S. Supreme Court filed by the State of Arizona against the State of California, which sought to clarify rights to the use of Colorado River basin water. The case culminated in a June 3, 1963 decision, reported in Arizona v. California , 373 U.S. 546 , which was implemented by a March 9, 1964 decree, reported in Arizona v. California , 376 U.S. 340.

The Wise Law Library’s Arizona v. California Collection was acquired in part through the efforts of former University of Colorado Law Library Director, J. Myron Jacobstein, a legend in the field of legal research pedagogy. The Collection features many key filings by Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and the United States, as well as the 1960 draft and final reports of Special Master Simon H. Rifkind and copies of the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion and decree . The Collection also includes Special Master Elbert P. Tuttle’s 1982 report in the reopened Arizona v. California case decided in 1983; this report is a gift of the David H. Getches family.

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Arizona v. California Collection

Arizona v. California et al. : no. 8, original : Decree carrying into effect this Court’s opinion of June 3, 1963, 373 U.S. 546.

Arizona v. California et al. : on exceptions to special master's report and recommended decree : no. 8, original.

State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, et al.: agreed provisions for proposed final decree.

State of Arizona, complainant, v. State of California ... [et al.], defendants : United States of America, intervener : State of Nevada, intervener : State of New Mexico, impleaded : State of Utah, impleaded: intervener State of Nevada's comments on proposed decree.

State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, et al.: memorandum of the United States respecting certain proposals for inclusion in decree.

Affadavit of Services

Letter from Archibald Cox, Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General, Washington, D.C. to Honorable John F. Davis, Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C.

In the Supreme Court of the United States, October term 1960 : State of Arizona, complainant, vs. State of California, et al.: brief in support of exceptions of the United States, intervener, to the special master's report and recommended decree.

In the Supreme Court of the United States, October term 1961 : State of Arizona, complainant, vs. State of California, et al.: reply brief for the United States.

In the Supreme Court of the United States, October term 1961 : State of Arizona, complainant, vs. State of California, et al.: response of the United States to the motion on behalf of the Navajo tribe of Indians for leave to intervene.

Motion on Behalf of Navajo Tribe of Indians of the Navajo Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, for Leave to Intervene, Brief in Support Thereof, and Petition of Intervention

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