Arizona v. California et al.

Decided June 3, 1963. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 8 ORIG · 373 U.S. 546 (1963) · Cited 426 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Nebraska v. Wyoming · 325 U.S. 589 (1945)
• Wyoming v. Colorado · 259 U.S. 419 (1922)
• Winters v. United States · 207 U.S. 564 (1908)
• Arizona v. California · 283 U.S. 423 (1931)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission · 328 U.S. 152 (1946)
• Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. McCracken · 357 U.S. 275 (1958)
• Ickes v. Fox · 300 U.S. 82 (1937)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States · 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• Shively v. Bowlby · 152 U.S. 1 (1894)
• United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co. · 229 U.S. 53 (1913)
• United States v. California · 332 U.S. 19 (1947)
• United States v. Holt State Bank · 270 U.S. 49 (1926)
• United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Co. · 339 U.S. 725 (1950)
• United States v. Willow River Power Co. · 324 U.S. 499 (1945)
• Best v. Humboldt Placer Mining Co. · 371 U.S. 334 (1963)
• Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co. · 304 U.S. 92 (1938)
• New Jersey v. New York · 283 U.S. 336 (1931)
• Kansas v. Colorado · 185 U.S. 125 (1902)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Arizona v. California · 460 U.S. 605 (1983)
• California v. United States · 438 U.S. 645 (1978)
• Bryant v. Yellen · 447 U.S. 352 (1980)
• United States v. New Mexico · 438 U.S. 696 (1978)
• Arizona v. California · 530 U.S. 392 (2000)
• City of Milwaukee v. Illinois · 451 U.S. 304 (1981)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz. · 463 U.S. 545 (1983)
• Cappaert v. United States · 426 U.S. 128 (1976)
• Arizona v. Navajo Nation · 599 U.S. 555 (2023)
• Florida v. Georgia · 585 U.S. 803 (2018)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute · 448 U.S. 607 (1980)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Montana v. United States · 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
• Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino · 376 U.S. 398 (1964)
• Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union · 451 U.S. 77 (1981)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Illinois v. City of Milwaukee · 406 U.S. 91 (1972)
• Nevada v. United States · 463 U.S. 110 (1983)
• United States v. Sheffield Bd. of Comm'rs · 435 U.S. 110 (1978)
• Sporhase v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Douglas · 458 U.S. 941 (1982)
• S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection · 547 U.S. 370 (2006)
• Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians v. Federal Power Commission · 420 U.S. 395 (1975)
• Ohio v. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp. · 401 U.S. 493 (1971)

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