Case Name: Mississippi v. Arkansas
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-04-26
Citations: 402 U.S. 926
Docket Number: No. 48
Parties: Mississippi v. Arkansas.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 402
Pages: 926–927

Head Matter:
April 26, 1971
No. 48,
Orig.
Mississippi v. Arkansas.

Opinion:
[Motion to file complaint granted, 400 U. S. 1019.]
It is ordered that the Honorable Clifford O'Sullivan, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Ap peals for thé Sixth Circuit, be, and he is hereby, appointed Special Master in this case. The Special Master shall have authority to fix the time and conditions for filing of additional pleadings and to direct subsequent proceedings, and authority to summon witnesses, issue subpoenas, and take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem it necessary to call for. The Master is directed to submit such reports as he may deem appropriate.
The Master shall be allowed his actual expenses. The allowances to him, the compensation paid to his technical, stenographic, and clerical assistants, the cost of printing his report, and all other proper expenses shall be charged against and be borne by the parties in such proportion as the Court hereafter may approve.
It is further ordered that if the position of Special Master in this case becomes vacant during a recess of Court, The Chief Justice shall have authority to make a new designation which shall have the same effect as if originally made by the Court herein.