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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Little Snake Supplemental Irrigation Water Supply Project, Carbon County, Wyoming
Author: Water-supply Paper
Author: Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
Author: Water Resources
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on National Water ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
Book Description
Western Water Rights and the U.S. Supreme Court
Author: James H. DavenportPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476641471
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Exploring the little-known history behind the legal doctrine of prior appropriation--"first in time is first in right"--used to apportion water resources in the western United States, this book focuses on the important case of Wyoming v. Colorado (1922). U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter, a former Chief Justice of Wyoming, ruled in that state's favor, finding that prior appropriation applied across state lines--a controversial opinion influenced by cronyism. The dicta in the case, that the U.S. Government has no interest in state water allocation law, drove the balkanization of interstate water systems and resulted in the Colorado River Interstate Compact between Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California. The exhaustive research that has gone into this book has uncovered the secret that Associate Justice Van Devanter had waited eleven years to publish his opinion in this important, but politically self-serving, case, at last finding a moment when his senior colleagues were sufficiently absent or incapacitated to either concur or dissent. Without the knowledge of his "brethren," save his "loyal friend" Taft, and without recusal, Van Devanter unilaterally delivered his sole opinion to the Clerk for publication on the last day of the Supreme Court's October 1921 Term.
Wyoming Statutes Annotated
Author: WyomingFederal Reclamation Projects, Water & Land Resource Accomplishments
Author: Use of Water on Federal Irrigation Projects
Author: United States. Bureau of ReclamationPublisher:
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Inactive Names of Reclamation Projects and Major Structures
Author: Engineering and Research Center (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Inactive Names of Reclamation Projects and Major Structures
Author: United States. Bureau of ReclamationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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