LOUISIANA
v.
MISSISSIPPI ET AL.

U.S. | 1981-10-19
No. 86
The Chief Justice shall have authority to make a new designation which shall have the same effect as if originally made by the Court herein.
454 U.S. 937 Supreme Court of the United States (1981)

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Louisiana sought an original jurisdiction dispute against Mississippi and other states, and the Supreme Court appointed a Special Master to conduct proceedings, gather evidence, and submit reports, with costs to be apportioned among the parties as the Court would later direct.


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Opinion of the Court

It is ordered that Charles J. Meyers, Esquire, of Denver, Colo., be, and he is hereby, appointed Special Master in this case with authority to fix the time and conditions for filing of additional pleadings and to direct subsequent proceedings, and with authority to summon witnesses, issue subpoenas, and take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem it necessary to call for. The Master is directed to submit such reports as he may deem appropriate.

The compensation of the Special Master, the allowances to him, the compensation paid to his technical, stenographic, and clerical assistants, the cost of printing his report, and all other propel1 expenses shall be charged against and be borne by the parties in such proportion as the Court hereafter may direct.

It is further ordered that if the position of Special Master becomes vacant during a recess of Court,

The Chief Justice shall have authority to make a new designation which shall have the same effect as if originally made by the Court herein.


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