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<br />001812 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />THE TRIAL IN ARIZONA v. CALIFORNIA: 1956-1958 <br /> <br />Final decision by the Court in Arizona v. California <br /> <br />is probably not more than a year, or at most two years away. <br />In view of the scope and complexities of the case, it has been <br />tried very expeditiously. Arizona sought leave to file her <br />complaint in the Supreme Court in 1952. Her motion for leave <br />to file, welcomed by both the California defendants and the <br />United states, was granted in 1953. Both the United States and <br />Nevada intervened. New Mexico and Utah, which have only small <br />segments of territory exclusively on tributaries in the lower <br />basin, were joined with respect to their interests in "lower <br /> <br />basin waters" as the result of a motion by California. Joinder <br /> <br />of the four upper division states, sought by California in the <br /> <br /> <br />same motion, was denied by the Court, five Justices to three.!! <br /> <br /> <br />Trial commenced in San Francisco in June 1956 before <br /> <br /> <br />the Special Master, Honorable Simon H. Rifkind of New York City. <br /> <br /> <br />It concluded a little over two years later in August 1958. <br /> <br />During the course of the trial, the issues have changed almost <br />beyond recognition. <br /> <br />On August 5, 1957, after Arizona had concluded the <br /> <br />presentation of her own evidence, and as California's presenta- <br /> <br /> <br />tion of evidence was about to conclude, Arizona filed with the <br /> <br /> <br />Special Master a document labeled "Amended and Supplemental <br /> <br /> <br />Statement of Position by Complainant, State of Arizona." It <br /> <br /> <br />began with this sentence: <br /> <br />!! 350 U.S. 114 (1955), rehearing denied, 350 U.S. 955 (l956). <br />24. <br />