AGENCY: School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration

SERIES: 11926
TITLE: Colorado river basin transcripts
DATES: 1928-1931.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: These records are transcripts of testimony in a dispute between the federal government and the state of Utah before the Supreme Court over the navigability (and thereby deed ownership and the possibility of federal oil leases) of the Grand, Green, San Juan, and Colorado rivers. Records also include various briefs and a copy of a newspaper article announcing the court's judgment in favor of the state.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These records document the position of the State of Utah in a legal case heard by the United States Supreme Court. Disposition is based on both the historic value of these records in detailing water and land issues in 20th century Utah, as well as the legal importance of these records in defining the state of Utah's rights vis-a-vie the federal government.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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