Legal Opinion
Connecticut v. Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1931No. 12, OriginalPublishedCited by 238 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
The State of Connecticut brought this suit against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to enjoin her from diverting waters from the watershed of the Connecticut river to provide water for Boston and neighboring cities and towns.
Legislation of Massachusetts authorizes diversion into the Wachusett reservoir of the flood waters of the Ware river, c. 376, Laws 1926, and of certain waters of the Swift river, c. 321, Laws 1927. The watersheds of these rivers are about midway between the Boston district and the westerly boundary of the Commonwealth. They are tributaries of the Chicopee; all are…
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