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NEW YORK v. NEW JERSEY

No. 2, Original.

256 U.S. 296 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 492

65 L.Ed. 937

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles E. Hughes, with whom Mr. Charles D. Newton, Attorney General of the State of New York, Mr. William J. O'Sullivan, Mr. Russell Lord Tarbox and Mr. Allen S. Hubbard were on the brief, for complainant.1

Mr. Adrian Riker and Mr. George W. Wickersham, with whom Mr. Thomas F. McCran, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, and Mr. Robert H. McCarter were on the brief, for defendants.1

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

The People of the State of New York, in their bill filed in this suit, pray that the defendants, the State of New Jersey and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, be permanently enjoined from discharging, as it is averred they intend to discharge, a large volume of sewage into that part of New York Harbor known as the Upper Bay, for the reason, as it is alleged, that such pollution of the waters of the harbor...

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