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<br />PART ONE
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<br />I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE...:-:.......
<br />A. PRIOR LITIGATION ........ . . . . . . . . .
<br />1. Special Master's Report of 1960 . . . . . .
<br />(a) Division of Colorado River Water
<br />Among the States of the Lower
<br />Basin. . . . . . . . . . _ .. . . . . . " . . . ... 7
<br />(b) United States Claim on Behalf of
<br />Five Indian Reservations . . . . . . .. 10
<br />2. Supreme Court Opinion on the
<br />Special Master's Findings-Arizona I).
<br />California, 373 U.S. 546 (l963) . . . . . .. 13
<br />3. The 1964 Decree-Arizona I).
<br />California, 376 U.S. 340 (1964) . . . . . .. 15
<br />4. Completing the Priority System
<br />Through Article VI of the 1964
<br />Decree: The 1979 Decree-Arizona I).
<br />California, 439 U.S. 419 (1979). . . . . .. 18
<br />B. PRESENT PROCEEDINGS ........... 20
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<br />II. TYPES OF CLAIMS TO BE
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<br />Final Determination of Boundaries. . . . . .
<br />1. Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. . . . . .
<br />(a) The Hay and Wood Reserve.....
<br />(b) The LaFollette Tract ...........
<br />2. Chemehuevi Indian Reservation . . . . . .
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