Legal Opinion
United States v. District Court in & for the County of Eagle
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 24, 1971No. 87PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Eagle River is a tributary of the Colorado River; and Water District 37 is a Colorado entity encompassing all Colorado lands irrigated by water of the Eagle and its tributaries. The present case started in the Colorado courts and is called a supplemental water adjudication under Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 148-9-7 (1963). The Colorado court issued a notice which, inter alia, asked all owners and claimants of water rights in those streams “to file a statement of claim and to appear ... in regard to all water rights owned or claimed by them.” The United States was served with this notice pursuant…
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- Mason v. Hills Land & Cattle Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1949
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3Cited by85 opinions
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