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Arizona v. California et al.
348 U.S. 947·Supreme Court of the United States·1955
The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of these motions.
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Opinion
No. 10,
Original.
Arizona v. California et al.
Ross F. Jones, Attorney General, Howard F. Thompson, Special Assistant Attorney General, John H. Moeur, Burr Sutter, Theodore Kiendl and Perry M. Ling for the State of Arizona, complainant.
Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Northcutt Ely, Robert L. McCarty, Prentiss Moore and Gilbert F. Nelson, Assistant Attorneys General, and Charles E. Corker and Burton J. Gindler, Deputy Attorneys General, for the State of California, Francis E. Jenney for the Palo Verde Irrigation District, Harry W. Horton and R. L. Knox, Jr. for the Imperial Irrigation District, Earl Redwin for the Coachella Valley County Water District, James H. Howard, Charles C. Cooper, Jr., Donald M. Keith, Alan Patten and Frank P. Doherty for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Roger Arnebergh for the City of Los Angeles, and T. B. Cosgrove for the City of San Diego, defendants.
Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General, William N. Dun-seath and John W. Barrett, Deputy Attorneys General, W. T. Mathews and William J. Kane, Special Assistant Attorneys General, and H. W. Edwards for the State of Nevada, intervener. Duke W. Dunbar, Attorney General, and Hatfield Chilson, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Colorado, and Howard B. Black, Attorney General, for the State of Wyoming.
Richard Robinson, Attorney General, and Fred E. Wilson, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the State of New Mexico.
E. R. Callister, Attorney General, and Ken Chamberlain, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Utah.
[MAJORITY]
The motion of California defendants for leave to file an amended answer is granted. The motion to join as parties the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming is hereby referred to George I. Haight, Special Master, to hear the parties and report with all convenient speed his opinion and recommendation as to whether the motion should be granted.
The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of these motions.