Case: Ivanhoe Irrigation District et al. v. McCracken et al.; Madera Irrigation District et al. v. Steiner et al.; Madera Irrigation District v. Albonico et ux.; and Santa Barbara County Water Agency v. Balaam et al.
Abbreviation: Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. McCracken
Decision Date: 1957-10-14
Docket Number: No. 122; No. 123; No. 124; No. 125
Citation: 355 U.S. 803
Volume: 355
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Ivanhoe Irrigation District et al. v. McCracken et al. ; Madera Irrigation District et al. v. Steiner et al. ; Madera Irrigation District v. Albonico et ux.; and Santa Barbara County Water Agency v. Balaam et al.
Judges: 
Pages: 803–803

Head Matter:
No. 122.
No. 123.
No. 124.
No. 125.
Ivanhoe Irrigation District et al. v. McCracken et al. ; Madera Irrigation District et al. v. Steiner et al. ; Madera Irrigation District v. Albonico et ux.; and Santa Barbara County Water Agency v. Balaam et al.
Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and B. Abbott Goldberg and Adolphus Moskovitz, Deputy Attorneys General, for the State of California et al., Denver C. Peckinpah for the Madera Irrigation District, and Francis Price, Sr. for the Santa Barbara County Water Agency, appellants. Harry W. Horton, Reginald L. Knox, Jr., W. R. Bailey, Denslow B. Green, Sherman Anderson, Herman Phleger and Alvin J. Rockwell for appellees. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Morton, David R. Warner and Roger P. Marquis filed a memorandum for the United States, as amicus curiae, in support of jurisdiction. Edson Abel filed a memorandum for the California Farm Bureau Federation, as amicus curiae, supporting the motion to dismiss the appeal in No. 122.

Opinion:
Appeals from the Supreme Court of California. Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is postponed to the hearing of the cases on the merits.