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43 <br />1 case, that case has been-argued in the Supreme Court. The <br />{ 2 Supreme Court has issued its decision. The Supreme Court issue <br />3 what i would consider to be a very narrow decision and said, <br />4 yes, the 1965 decree became final in 1965; it was not inter- <br />5 locutory such as the Muddy Creek Reservoir appears to be on its <br />6 face. The Supreme Court said that the Model Decree was not <br />7 interlocutory. The question of abandonment was argued to the <br />8 Supreme Court in that case but the Supreme Court knew when the <br />9 case was argued that the question of abandonment had already <br />10 been considered and resolved by Judge Statler in the Trinidad <br />11 case. For whatever reasons the Supreme Court had, the Supreme <br />12 Court did not mention at all abandonment, didn't use the word, <br />{ 13 it didn't get close to the word, it didn't use any variation <br />14 of the word. I think the Supreme Court probably left open <br />15 for argument in the Trinidad Reservoir case the question <br />16 whether 13,800 acre -feet of storage space in the Trinidad <br />17 Reservoir has been abandoned. <br />18 Mr. Chairman, I think you're absolutely right, <br />19 {f the Purgatoire or the Model Reservoir case will have an impact <br />20 on the second case. only the Supreme Court knows how much <br />21 impact it will have. <br />22 That case has now been briefed. Last week.I <br />23 received the last brief in my office from the appellants. <br />24 MR. COOLEY: Let me interrupt. <br />25 MR. SCHROEDER: Yes. <br />