Wyoming v. Colorado (309 U.S. 572)

Submitted on Petition for Rule to Show Cause and Returns March 23, 1940.

Submitted on Petition for Rule to Show Cause and Returns March 23, 1940.

Decided April 22, 1940.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1940.

See 310 U.S. 656, 60 S.Ct. 1070, 84 L.Ed. --.

Messrs. Ewing T. Kerr, of Cheyenne, Wyo., Harold I. Bacheller, of Casper, Wyo., and Arthur Kline, of Cheyenne, Wyo., for complainant.

Return of Governor of Colorado:

Messrs. Ralph L. Carr, of Denver, Colo., Clifford H. Stone, of Gunnison, Colo., and Jean S. Breitenstein, of Denver, Colo.

Return of Attorney General of Colorado:

Messrs. Byron G. Rogers, Henry E. Lutz, and Shrader P. Howell, all of Denver, Colo., Robert G. Smith, of Greeley, Colo., and Lawrence R. Temple and Albert P. Fischer, both of Fort Collins, Colo.

Mr. Chief Justice HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.