Study aid, not legal advice. caselaw is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or engage in the unauthorized practice of law (UPL). All briefs, outlines, and citation tools on these pages are educational summaries for law students; they are not a substitute for advice from a licensed attorney admitted in your jurisdiction. Bar-admission rules vary by state. For court filings or client matters, verify every authority against the official reporter and your court's local rules. Use of caselaw does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Texas et al. v. Colorado, 1967 — 389 U.S. 1000 · caselaw · US
Contracts · MBE-tested
Texas et al. v. Colorado
389 U.S. 1000·Supreme Court of the United States·1967
Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Brief incoming
Hand-reviewed Bluebook brief (procedural posture, facts, issue, holding, reasoning, dissent) ships once the AI generation pipeline runs through this case. Join the waitlist to get notified when 1L briefs go live.
Opinion
No. 29,
Orig.
Texas et al. v. Colorado.
Waggoner Carr, Attorney General, Hawthorne Phillips, First Assistant Attorney General, T. B. Wright, Executive Assistant Attorney General, and J. Arthur Sandlin, Vince Taylor and Roger Tyler, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of Texas, and Boston E. Witt, Attorney General, F. Harlan Flint, Claud S. Mann and Paul L. Bloom, Special Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of New Mexico, on the motion. Duke W. Dunbar, Attorney General of Colorado, James D. Geissinger, Assistant Attorney General, and Raphael J. Moses, Glenn G. Saunders, John M. Dickson, Donald H. Hamburg and George A. Brown, Special Assistant Attorneys General, for defendant in opposition.
Former Solicitor General Marshall and Solicitor General Gris-wold filed memoranda for the United States.
[MAJORITY]
Motion for leave to file bill of complaint granted and the State of Colorado allowed sixty days to answer.
Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
[For earlier order herein, see 387 U. S. 939.]