State of Arizona v. State of California et al. (466 U.S. 144)

U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 16, 1984 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)

Citation
466 U.S. 144 · 104 S. Ct. 1900
Decided
April 16, 1984
Term
October Term 1983
Vote
8–0
Issue area
Interstate Relations
Outcome
Petitioning party lost
Ideological direction
Unspecifiable

Opinion excerpt

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL DECREE. The Court having, on March 30, 1983, rendered its decision on the several Exceptions to the Final Report of the Special Master herein, approving the recommendation that the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, the Colorado River Indian Tribes, the Quechan Indian Tribe, and the Cocopah Indian Tribe be permitted to intervene, approving some of his further recommendations and disapproving others, all as specified in this Court’s opinion, 460 U. S. 605 (1983), the following supplemental decree is now entered to implement the decision of March 30, 1983. IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED: A. Paragraphs (2) and (5) of Article 11(D) of the Decree in this case entered on March 9, 1964 (376 U. S. 340, 344-345), are hereby amended to read as follows: (2) The Cocopah Indian Reservation in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 9,707 acre-feet of diversions from the mainstream or (ii) the quantity of water necessary to supply the consumptive use required for irrigation of 1,524 acres and for the satisfaction of related uses, whichever of (i) or (ii) is less, with priority dates of September 27,1917, for lands reserved by the Executive Order of said date; June 24, 1974, for lands reserved by the Act of June 24, 1974 (88 Stat. 266, 269); (5) The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in annual quantities not to exceed (i) 129,767 acre-feet of diversions…

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