The San Diego Law Library's holdings include a large number of documents produced during the Arizona v. California court proceedings. Documents include the complete 131 volume reporters' transcripts of the trial, briefs and records of all parties involved in the case, as well as many of the exhibits submitted into evidence during the trial. Documents unique to our library include correspondence between defense counsel representing the State of California, and indexes to the reporters' transcript and federal documents submitted into evidence.
Transcripts | Court Records and Briefs | Exhibits | Archival Documents
Interrogatories propounded to the State of Arizona by the California defendants and answers: reporters' transcript.
State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants; United States of America, intervener; State of Nevada, intervener; State of New Mexico, party; State of Utah, party.
Reporters' transcript. 131 volumes bound in 43 volumes (22,593 total pages).
Court Records and Briefs (arranged by U.S. Supreme Court term and party)
October Term, 1952
California
Defendants' answer to the complaint.
Appendices to the answer.
October Term, 1953
Arizona
Answer of complainant, State of Arizona, to the petition of intervention filed on behalf of the United States of America.
CaliforniaAnswer of California defendants to the petition of intervention filed on behalf of the United States of America and summary of the controversy (exhibit A).
Response of the California defendants to the motion on behalf of the State of Nevada for leave to intervene, and answer of California defendants to the petition of intervention filed on behalf of the State of Nevada.
October Term, 1955
Arizona
Exhibits of Arizona.
United States
Further answers of the United States of America to certain interrogatories, sets no. 1 and no. 2 addressed to it by the California defendants.
October Term, 1956
California
Opening statement on behalf of defendant, the State of California, August 27, 1956.
October Term, 1957
Arizona
Stipulation and consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs by Yuma County Water Users' Association [et al.].
Utah
Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law from the State of Utah.
Rebuttal brief of the State of Utah.
October Term, 1958
Arizona
Brief of the City of Phoenix, the City of Tucson, San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District...[et al.]...as amici curiae.
California
Brief of the California defendants, April 1, 1959 (2 volumes).
California findings of fact and conclusions of law, April 1, 1959 (3 volumes).
California's rebuttal brief, June 30, 1959.
Consent of the California defendants to the filing of amicus curiae briefs by Yuma County Water Users' Association [et al.].
Memorandum of California defendants in reply to Arizona's "Memorandum re authority of Master to allow amendments of pleadings."
Response of the California defendants to proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law of the United States of America, June 1, 1959.
Response of the California defendants to requested findings of fact and conclusions of law, and brief in support thereof of the State of New Mexico, June 1, 1959.
Supplemental rebuttal brief of defendant, the Imperial Irrigation District, June 30, 1959.
Supplementary brief submitted on behalf of defendant, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, June 1, 1959.
Nevada
Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, Nevada.
Brief relating to findings of fact and conclusions of law, Nevada.
October Term, 1959
Arizona
Amicus curiae brief of Yuma Water Users's Association[et al.].
Arizona's comments on the draft report and recommended decree.
California
Comments submitted on behalf of defendants, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, City of San Diego and County of San Diego, June 7, 1960.
Response of the California defendants to brief in support of proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law of the United States of America, June 11, 1959.
Nevada
Answering brief of the State of Nevada, June 1, 1959.
Comments of the State of Nevada on draft report of Special Master, dated May 5, 1960 and June 6, 1960.
United States
Brief in support of findings of fact and conclusions of law proposed by the United States of America.
Findings of fact and conclusions of law proposed by the United States of America.
Rebuttal brief of the United States of America.
Reply brief of the United States of America.
October Term, 1960
Arizona
Arizona's legislative history of sections 4(a), 5 (1st paragraph), and 8 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act.
Arizona's motion for adoption, with exceptions, of the Special Master's report and recommended decree.
Opening brief for Arizona.
California
Additional objections and exceptions of Imperial Irrigation District and Palo Verde Irrigation District to the report and recommended decree of the Special Master.
Exceptions of the California defendants to the report of the Special Master, February 27, 1961.
Exceptions to the report of the Special Master and recommended decree on file herein, dated December 5, 1960, filed by defendant, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, February 27, 1961.
Opening brief of the California defendants in support of the exceptions to the report of the Special Master, May 22, 1961.
Nevada
Opening brief for the State of Nevada, intervener, May 15, 1961.
State of Nevada's exceptions to the report of Special Master, Simon H. Rifkind, dated December 5, 1960; and recommended decree included therein, February 20, 1961.
New Mexico
New Mexico's brief in support of its requested findings of fact and conclusions of law.
New Mexico's exceptions to the report and recommended decree of the Special Master, dated December 5, 1960.
New Mexico's requested findings of facts and conclusions of law.
United States
Brief in support of exceptions of the United States, intervener, to the Special Master's report and recommended decree.
Exceptions of the United States, intervener, to the Special Master's report and recommended decree.
October Term, 1961
Arizona
Answering brief for Arizona.
Brief of Arizona in opposition to motion of the Navajo Tribe of Indians for leave to intervene.
Evolution of sections 4(a) and 5 (1st paragraph) of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (for use by Arizona on oral argument).
Reply brief for Arizona.
California
Answering brief of the California defendants to the exceptions and opening briefs of the United States, Arizona, and Nevada, August 14, 1961.
Closing brief of the Imperial Irrigation District, October 2, 1961.
Legislative history appendices accompanying the reply brief, October 2, 1961.
Reply brief of the California defendants to the answering briefs of the United States, Arizona, and Nevada, October 2, 1961.
Response of the California defendants to the motion for leave to intervene, tendered by the Navajo Indian Tribe, September 25, 1961.
Navajo Indian Tribe
Exceptions of the Navajo Indian Tribe to the report of the Special Master, and brief in support thereof.
Motion on behalf of Navajo Tribe of Indians of the Navajo Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, for leave to intervene, brief in support thereof, and petition of intervention.
Motions by Navajo Indian Tribe for reconsideration of its motion for leave to intervene and to order the United States to show cause why it should not be ordered to account to the Court as to the adequacy of its representation of Navajo interests; brief in support of motions.
Nevada
Answering brief for the State of Nevada, intervener, August 7, 1961.
Reply brief for the State of Nevada, intervener, September 27, 1961.
New Mexico
Statement of New Mexico relating to motion on behalf of Navajo Tribe of Indians for leave to intervene.United States
Answering brief of the United States.
Reply brief of the United States.
Response of the United States to the motion on behalf of the Navajo Tribe of Indians for leave to intervene.
October Term, 1963
California
Decree of Court as submitted by Imperial Irrigation District.
Petition for rehearing, September 16, 1963.
Proposals for articles I(G), (H), II(B)(2), II(B)(4), II(B)(7) of Decree, December 18, 1963.
Supplement and amendment to Imperial Irrigation District's form of "Decree of Court" as heretofore and herewith submitted.
Nevada
Intervener State of Nevada's comments on proposed decree, November 25, 1963.
Supreme Court
Decree.
United States
Agreed provisions for proposed final Decree.
Memorandum of the United States respecting certain proposals for inclusion in Decree.
October Term, 1965
Joint - Arizona/California/Nevada
Joint motion to amend Article VI of the Decree, to extend by one year the time to exchange present perfected rights claims.
Arizona
Exhibits of Arizona.
California
California exhibits. 25 volumes. Includes index volume.
Indian reservations
Ak chin-Maricopa.
Camp Verde.
Coachella Valley.
Fort Apache.
Fort McDowell.
Gila Bend.
Gila River.
Papago.
Salt River.
San Carlos. 4 volumes.
San Xavier.
Shivwits.
Nevada
Nevada exhibits.
The archival documents include original typed indexes and correspondence. 
Box 1
Typed indexes to the Reporters' Transcripts, volumes 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 32, 33.
Box 2
Indexes to federal documents submitted into evidence.
Box 3-1
Arizona v. California - correspondence from September 1961 through September 1962.
Box 3-2
Arizona v. California - correspondence from September 1961 through September 1962.
