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Development Of The Appropriation Doctrine: Outline, Charles F. Wilkinson Jun 1981

Development Of The Appropriation Doctrine: Outline, Charles F. Wilkinson

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

11 pages.

Contains references.


Ground Water Mining, Water Transfers And The Ogallala Aquifer Study, J. David Aiken Jun 1981

Ground Water Mining, Water Transfers And The Ogallala Aquifer Study, J. David Aiken

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

10 pages.

Contains references.


State Prohibitions On The Interstate Exportation Of Scarce Water Resources, Steven E. Clyde, Edward W. Clyde Jun 1981

State Prohibitions On The Interstate Exportation Of Scarce Water Resources, Steven E. Clyde, Edward W. Clyde

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

42 pages.


Applying The International Law Of Sovereign Immunity To The States Of The Union, John M. Rogers Jun 1981

Applying The International Law Of Sovereign Immunity To The States Of The Union, John M. Rogers

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

A state of the Union may preserve its immunity from suit in its own courts, and the Constitution restricts its amenability to suit in the federal courts. Yet in Nevada v. Hall the Supreme Court held that in a motor-vehicle accident case a state cannot claim a constitutional immunity from suit in the courts of a sister state. The Court indicated, however, that if a suit involved a defendant state's “capacity to fulfill its own sovereign responsibilities,” different constitutional considerations might control. In vigorous dissents Justices Blackmun and Rehnquist argued that the reasoning of the majority precluded even this possibility. …