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CALIFORNIA v. ARIZONA

No. 78, Orig.

440 U.S. 59 (1979)

99 S.Ct. 919

59 L.Ed.2d 144

CALIFORNIA v. ARIZONA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan J. Goodman, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for plaintiff. On the motion for leave to file a complaint were Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, N. Gregory Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, and Russell Iungerich, Deputy Attorney General, and on the reply to the brief in opposition and response to the motion were Messrs. Younger, Taylor, and Goodman.

Russell A. Kolsrud, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for defendant State of Arizona. With him on the briefs were John A. LaSota, Jr., Attorney General, and Anthony B. Ching, Assistant Attorney General.

Louis F. Claiborne argued the cause for the United States. On the response to the motion was Solicitor General McCree.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

Since the admission of California to the Union in 1850, the southeastern boundary of the State has been the middle of the channel of the Colorado River. Act of Sept. 9, 1850, 9 Stat 452. Neither the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 nor the admission of Arizona to statehood in 1912 changed the location of this 229-mile border. The location of the river did change, however, from causes both natural and artificial. These...

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