Legal Opinion
United States v. Nevada
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 11, 1973No. 59 ORIGPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Per curiam
The United States asks leave to file a bill of complaint pursuant to this Court’s original jurisdiction against the States of California and Nevada seeking a declaration of the respective rights of the States and of the United States in the Truckee River, a navigable interstate stream. The Truckee rises in the High Sierra, flows into Lake Tahoe, through which the California-Nevada boundary runs, exits on the California side of the Lake, and flows 20 miles before crossing into Nevada. It then continues another 65 miles, through Reno and beyond, to its termination in Pyramid Lake, a desert lake…
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