Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch
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| Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co. | ||||||||||
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| Argued January 31, 1938 Decided April 25, 1938 |
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| Federal common law applies to resolve water rights issues. | ||||||||||
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| Chief Justice: Charles Evans Hughes Associate Justices: James Clark McReynolds, Louis Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Harlan Fiske Stone, Owen Josephus Roberts, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Hugo Black, Stanley Forman Reed |
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| Majority by: Brandeis |
[edit] Overview
Hinderlider is a companion case to Erie, decided on the same day. Erie is best known for "abolishing general federal common law." However, this does not mean that there is no federal common law at all. Hinderlider makes this clear. It is the first post-Erie case to reaffirm the existence of federal common law for other purposes, particularly, water rights.
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