Exploring the little-known history behind the legal doctrine of prior appropriation--first in time is first in right--used to apportion water resources in the western United States, this book focuses on the important case of Wyoming v.
Colorado (1922).
Supreme Court Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter, a former Chief Justice of Wyoming, ruled in that state's favor, finding that prior appropriation applied across state lines--a controversial opinion influenced by cronyism.
The dict.
Mcfarland & Company Western water rights and the u.s. supreme court, paperback/james h. davenport
