State of Wyoming v. State of Colorado

• Decision Date: 13 May 1957
• Docket Number: O,No. 3,3
• Citation: 77 S.Ct. 865,353 U.S. 953,1 L.Ed.2d 906
• Parties: The STATE OF WYOMING, complainant, v. The STATE OF COLORADO. riginal
• Court: U.S. Supreme Court

353 U.S. 953

77 S.Ct. 865

1 L.Ed.2d 906

The STATE OF WYOMING, complainant,

v The STATE OF COLORADO.

No. 3, Original.

Supreme Court of the United States

May 13, 1957

Messrs.

Upon consideration of the joint motion of counsel for the parties in this case to vacate the former decree (259 U.S. 496, 42 S.Ct. 594; 260 U.S. 1, 43 S.Ct. 2), it is ordered that the joint motion be, and it is hereby, granted and the former decree, as amended, is vacated and a new decree is entered to read as follows:

'It is Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed, that:

'I. The State of Colorado, or anyone recognized by her as duly entitled thereto, shall have the right to divert from the Laramie river and its tributaries, for use in the State of Colorado, 49,375 acrefeet of water in each calendar year, which diversion and use shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions hereinafter set forth. The State of Wyoming, or anyone recognized by her as duly entitled thereto, shall have the right to divert and use all water flowing and remaining in the Laramie river and its tributaries after such diversion and use in Colorado.

'II. The State of Colorado, its officers, attorneys, agents and employees be, and they are severally enjoined

'(a) from diverting or permitting the diversion of more than 19,875 acre-feet of water in any calendar year from the Laramie river and its tributaries for use in Colorado at any or all points outside of the basin of said river, which amount may be diverted by the present owners of transmountain water rights or by their successors in ownership, through any ditches, canals, tunnels or structures capable of carrying the same, as the owners of said water rights and of such structures may from time to time agree among themselves, or as may be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction;

'(b) from diverting or permitting the diversion of more than 29,500 acre-feet of water in any calendar year from the Laramie river and its tributaries for use in Colorado within the drainage basin of said river, of which amount not more than 1,800 acre-feet shall be diverted in any calendar year after July 31; provided, that if in any calendar year any part or all of said 19,875 acre-feet of water which may be diverted for use outside of the drainage basin of said river is not so diverted for use outside the drainage basin of said river, the amount not so diverted may be added to the amount which may be diverted hereunder for use in Colorado within the drainage...