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Law of the River

Commissioners of the Colorado River Compact
Commissioners of the Colorado River Compact

RESOURCES FOR JUDGES

LEGAL FOUNDATIONS

1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

1922 - The Colorado River Compact. Dissertation by Reuel L. Olson, 1926.

The Comprehensive Hoover Dam Documents. Compiled by John Weisheit for On The Colorado.

A legal history of operations at Glen Canyon Dam. Compiled by John Weisheit for On The Colorado.

Also visit the excellent chronology posted at https://www.varuna.io

THE DOCTRINES: Prior Appropriation and Riparian

Utah Case Law on Prior Appropriation Doctrine

EVOLUTION OF WATER LAW: Colorado River Basin

1922 - Wyoming v Colorado

1922 - The Colorado River Compact & Minutes of meetings & Centennial Narrative; Kuhn & Fleck.

1922 - THE SESSIONS OF NEGOTIATION

1928 - The Boulder Canyon Project Act

1944 - Mexico Treaty (required the construction of Davis Dam)

1944 - Flood Control Act

1948 - Upper Colorado River Basin Compact

1956 - Colorado River Storage Project Act

ARIZONA v CALIFORNIA

The ruling was 5 to 3 with Chief Justice Warren abstaining; dissent from Justices Harlan, Douglas & Stewart.

1968 - Colorado River Basin Project Act

1974 - Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act

1986 - Colorado River Floodway Protection Act

1992 - Grand Canyon Protection Act

1996 - Information on Allocation and Repayment of Costs of Constructing Water Projects. GAO and USBR.

1999 - Offstream Storage Colorado River Water Rule

2017 - Agua Caliente Tribe Vs Coachella Valley Water District (Tribal Rights to Groundwater Affirmed).

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT

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