02977nam 2200673 a 450 991046304760332120200520144314.01-283-97206-90-87565-464-9(CKB)2670000000299088(EBL)1077376(OCoLC)821177750(SSID)ssj0000783093(PQKBManifestationID)11440320(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783093(PQKBWorkID)10752965(PQKB)10336989(OCoLC)608079631(MdBmJHUP)muse25423(MiAaPQ)EBC1077376(Au-PeEL)EBL1077376(CaPaEBR)ebr10631172(CaONFJC)MIL428456(EXLCZ)99267000000029908820070110d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDividing western waters[electronic resource] Mark Wilmer and Arizona v. California /Jack L. August, Jr. ; with a foreword by John BoumaFort Worth, Tex. TCU Pressc20071 online resource (192 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87565-354-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-166) and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: MIDWEST TO SOUTHWEST; Chapter 2: THE FIRM AND THE RIVER; Chapter 3: A QUESTION OF RELEVANCE; Chapter 4: ARIZONA ADRIFT; Chapter 5: ARIZONA V CALIFORNIA; Chapter 6: ENTER MARK WILMER; Chapter 7: A BRAVE NEW WATER WORLD: LAW, POLITICS, AND CAP; Chapter 8: THAT LAWYER FROM ARIZONA; APPENDICES; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXThe Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, Brown v the Board of Education, and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale in comparison to Arizona v California, argues author Jack August in Dividing Western Waters, August's look at Arizona's Herculean legal and political battle for an equitable share of the Colorado River. To this day Arizona v California is still influential.By the time Mark Wilmer settled in the Salt River Valley in the early 1930's, he realized that four basic commodities made possibleWater rightsArizonaWater rightsCaliforniaWater-supplyArizonaWater-supplyCaliforniaColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)Water rightsArizonaTrials, litigation, etcCaliforniaTrials, litigation, etcElectronic books.Water rightsWater rightsWater-supplyWater-supply346.7304/32August Jack L1029370MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463047603321Dividing western waters2445720UNINA