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COLORADO RIVER WATER CONS. DIST. v. U.S.

No. 74-940.

424 U.S. 800 (1976)

96 S.Ct. 1236

47 L.Ed.2d 483

COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Balcomb argued the cause for petitioners in both cases. With him on the briefs were J. D. MacFarlane, Attorney General of Colorado, Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Attorney General, Edward G. Donovan, Solicitor General, David W. Robbins, First Assistant Attorney General, Charles M. Elliott, Special Assistant Attorney General, Scott Balcomb, Robert L. McCarty, George L. Zoellner, Kenneth L. Broadhurst, Glenn G. Saunders, Charles J. Beise, and D. Monte Pascoe.

Howard E. Shapiro argued the cause for the United States in both cases. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Acting Assistant Attorney General Kiechel, Deputy Solicitor General Randolph, Edmund B. Clark, and Lawrence E. Shearer.†

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The McCarran Amendment, 66 Stat. 560, 43 U. S. C. § 666, provides that "consent is hereby given to join the United States as a defendant in any suit (1) for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source, or (2) for the administration of such rights, where it appears that the United States is the owner of or is in the process of...

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