State of Texas v. State of New Mexico

• Decision Date: 22 December 1952
• Docket Number: O,No. 9,9
• Citation: State of Texas v. State of New Mexico, 344 U.S. 906, 73 S.Ct. 326, 97 L.Ed. 699 (1952)
• Parties: STATE OF TEXAS, plaintiff, v. STATE OF NEW MEXICO et al. riginal
• Court: U.S. Supreme Court

344 U.S. 906

73 S.Ct. 326

97 L.Ed. 699

STATE OF TEXAS, plaintiff,

v STATE OF NEW MEXICO et al.

No. 9, Original.

Supreme Court of the United States

December 22, 1952

Messrs. Price Daniel, Attorney General of Texas, Jesse P. Luton, Jr. and K. B. Watson, Assistant Attorneys General, and Eugene T. Edwards, for plaintiff.

Messrs. Joe L. Martinez, Attorney General, and Fred E. Wilson, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the State of New Mexico.

Messrs. Martin A. Threet, D. A. Macpherson, Jr. and Jean S. Breitenstein, for defendants Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District et al.

It is ordered that John Raeburn Green, Esquire, of St. Louis, Missouri, be, and he is hereby, appointed special master in this cause, with authority to summon witnesses, issue subpoenas, and take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem it necessary to call for. The master is directed to hold hearings, take such evidence as may be necessary and, with all convenient speed, to submit a report with recommendations relative to the disposition of the questions raised by the pleadings.

The order entered herein on April 28, 1952, 343 U.S. 932, 72 S.Ct. 767, left open the question of the indispensability of the United States as a party for decision after evidence. In hearing the evidence, the master is directed, so far as is practicable, to hear first evidence bearing on the indispensability of the United States, if the United States does...