Lower Basin
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 292 U.S. 341 - State of Arizona v. State of California · 1934Most cited · 149 citing opinions
those parts of the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River system below Lee Ferry and also all parts of said States located without the drainage area of the Colorado River system which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by waters diverted from the system below Lee Ferry.' By article III the apportionment is made
How often courts cite the case defining “Lower Basin”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Lower Basin” — 148 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.