KANSAS
v.
NEBRASKA

U.S. | 2003-05-19
No. 126
538 U.S. 720 Supreme Court of the United States (2003) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 155 L. Ed. 2d 951 · 123 S. Ct. 1898 · 2003 U.S. LEXIS 4058 · SCDB 2002-056
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Synopsis

Kansas and Nebraska settled their dispute over Republican River Compact Administration (RRCA) groundwater rights through a settlement stipulation that the Supreme Court approved in 2003. The Court approved the Final Settlement Stipulation executed by all parties and dismissed all claims arising before December 15, 2002, with prejudice, while recommitting the case to a Special Master solely to resolve procedural questions regarding completion of the RRCA Groundwater Model under the settlement's binding procedures.


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Opinion of the Court

The Final Report of the Special Master is received and ordered filed.

DECREE

This cause, having come to be heard on the Second Report of the Special Master appointed by this Court, and on the Parties’ Joint Motion for Approval of Final Settlement Stipulation, which accompanies said Report, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The Final Settlement Stipulation executed by all of the parties to this case and filed with the Special Master on December 16, 2002, is approved;

2. This action is recommitted to the Special Master for the sole purpose of deciding procedural questions arising in the completion by the state parties of the RRCA Groundwater Model pursuant to the binding procedures prescribed by the Final Settlement Stipulation. All claims, counterclaims, and cross-claims for which leave to file was or could have been sought in this case arising prior to December 15, 2002, are hereby dismissed with prejudice effective upon the filing by the Special Master of a final report certifying adoption of the RRCA Groundwater Model by the state parties.


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    …eed that Colorado would accept it. Nor have the parties expressed any opposition to the use of other less formal means to resolve disputes, such as joint consultation with experts, negotiation, and informal mediation. See, e. g., Kansas v. Nebraska, 538 U. S. 720 (2003) (Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska resolved Republican River dispute by settlement and stipulation); Fourth Report 134 (discussing ongoing “joint efforts” and “cooperation” among the States to resolve lingering disputes over the waters of the Re…

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