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- Dividing Western Waters: Mark Wilmer and Arizona v. California
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- 2007
- Published by: TCU Press
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The 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 1930s, he realized that four basic commodities made possible civilization in the arid West: land, air, sunshine, and water. For Arizona, the seminal water case, Arizona v California, the longest Supreme Court case in American history (1952–1963), constituted an important step in the construction of the Central Arizona Project (CAP), a plan crucial for the development of Arizona’s economic livelihood. The unique qualities of water framed Wilmer’s role in the history of the arid Southwest and defined his towering professional career. Wilmer’s analysis of the Supreme Court case caused him to change legal tactics and, in so doing, he changed the course of the history of the American West.
By the time Mark Wilmer settled in the Salt River Valley in the early 1930s, he realized that four basic commodities made possible civilization in the arid West: land, air, sunshine, and water. For Arizona, the seminal water case, Arizona v California, the longest Supreme Court case in American history (1952–1963), constituted an important step in the construction of the Central Arizona Project (CAP), a plan crucial for the development of Arizona’s economic livelihood. The unique qualities of water framed Wilmer’s role in the history of the arid Southwest and defined his towering professional career. Wilmer’s analysis of the Supreme Court case caused him to change legal tactics and, in so doing, he changed the course of the history of the American West.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. xv-xx
- Chapter Two: The Firm and the River
- pp. 19-32
- Chapter Four: Arizona Adrift
- pp. 43-58
- Chapter Five: Arizona v California
- pp. 59-72
- Chapter Six: Enter Mark Wilmer
- pp. 73-98
- Chapter Eight: That Lawyer from Arizona
- pp. 115-132
- Appendices
- pp. 133-136
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 159-166
Additional Information
ISBN
9780875654645
Related ISBN(s)
9780875653549
MARC Record
OCLC
608079631
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No