Legal Opinion
Wyoming v. Colorado
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1932No. 15, OriginalPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a suit brought by the State of Wyoming against the State of Colorado to enforce a decree of this Court (259 U. S. 419, 496; 260 U. S. 1), rendered in an earlier suit between the same States respecting their relative rights to divert and use for irrigation the waters of the Laramie River, a stream rising in Colorado and flowing-northward into Wyoming.
In the present bill, shortly described, Wyoming alleges that Colorado is departing from that decree by permitting the diversion and use within her territory of waters of the Laramie in quantities largely in excess of those accorded to her…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by34 opinions
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