Legal Opinion

Texas v. New Mexico

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 17, 1983No. 65 ORIGPublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan

For the second time we consider exceptions to a report of the Special Master in this case. The States of Texas and New Mexico and the United States have filed exceptions to a report submitted by the Special Master on September 10, 1982 (1982 Report). We sustain an exception in which both New Mexico and the United States concur, overrule all other exceptions, and return the case to the Special Master for a final decision on the basic issue in dispute — whether New Mexico is in compliance with obligations imposed by the Pecos River Compact.

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The Pecos River rises in north-central New Mexico and…

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