COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT et al. v. UNITED STATES

Citation

424 U.S. 800 (1975)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: William Brennan

Justices Participating

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | dissent

• John Stevens | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Lewis Powell | voted with the majority or plurality

• Potter Stewart | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Thurgood Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality

• Warren Burger | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Jurisdiction (other)
• Natural Resources
• States/Authority of states
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 324 U.S. 786 (1944), RICE v. OLSON, WARDEN
• 248 U.S. 354 (1918), TURNER v. UNITED STATES AND CREEK NATION OF INDIAN
• 373 U.S. 546 (1962), ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al.
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 207 U.S. 564 (1907), WINTERS v. THE UNITED STATES

Case Cited In

• 460 U.S. 605 (1982), ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA et al.
• 463 U.S. 545 (1982), ARIZONA et al. v. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE OF ARIZONA et al.
• 480 U.S. 9 (1986), IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAPLANTE et al.