equitable apportionment
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From 282 U.S. 660 - State of Connecticut v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · 1931Most cited · 365 citing opinions
the principles of right and equity shall be applied having regard to the 'equal level or plane on which all the States stand, in point of power and right, under our constitutional system' and that, upon a consideration of the pertinent laws of the contending States and all other relevant facts, this Court will determine what is an equitable apportionment of the use of such waters