Oral argument: November 27, 2007
WATER, RIVERS, RIPARIAN RIGHTS, ORIGINAL JURIDICTION, SPECIAL MASTERIn 2004, British Petroleum America (BP) requested approval to build a liquefied natural gas facility on the New Jersey shore of the...
riparian rights
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On March 18, 1938, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado signed the Rio Grande Compact (the “Compact”). Complaint at 2, Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado, (2013). The Compact resulted from a period of controversy among the states, in the early twentieth...
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The Rio Grande has its headwaters in Colorado, flows through New Mexico and Texas, and forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico. First Interim Report of the Special Master, Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado, at 32-33. In the late...