KANSAS
v.
COLORADO
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The Supreme Court appointed a Special Master to oversee proceedings in a water rights dispute between Kansas and Colorado, granting him broad authority to manage the case, take evidence, and issue reports, with the costs to be shared among the parties as the Court would later determine.
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It is ordered that the Honorable Wade H. McCree, Jr., of Ann Arbor, Mich., be appointed Special Master in this case with authority to fix the time and conditions for the filing of additional pleadings and to direct subsequent proceedings, and the authority to summon witnesses, issue subpoenas, and take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem necessary to call for. The Master is directed to submit such reports as he may deem appropriate.
The Master shall be allowed his actual expenses. The allowances to him, the compensation paid to his technical, stenographic, and clerical assistants, the cost of printing his report, and all other proper expenses shall be charged against and be borne by the parties in such proportion as the Court may hereafter direct. It is further ordered that if the position of Special Master in this case becomes vacant during a recess of the Court, The Chief Justice shall have authority to make a new designation which shall have the same effect as if originally made by the Court. [For earlier order herein, see 475 U. S. 1079.]
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Kansas v. Colorado, 514 U.S. 673 (U.S. 1995)…rado to resolve disputes arising under the Compact. Id., at 10. The Court granted Kansas leave to file its complaint, Kansas v. Colorado, 475 U. S. 1079 (1986), and appointed Judge Wade H. McCree, Jr., to serve as Special Master, Kansas v. Colorado, 478 U. S. 1018 (1986). Upon Judge McCree’s death, the Court appointed Arthur L. Littleworth as Special Master. Kansas v. Colorado, 484 U. S. 910 (1987). Kansas advanced three principal claims, each involving an alleged Compact violation. See Report 58. First, Ka…
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