Supreme Court to Resolve Decade-Old Rio Grande Water Dispute (1)

The US Supreme Court has agreed to resolve a water dispute involving the Rio Grande River that’s been pending at the high court for a decade.

At issue in the case accepted for argument on Monday is the 1938 Rio Grande Compact, which apportions water between Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.

The states have since agreed to a settlement, but the federal government opposes the consent decree, saying it imposes obligations on the US that it has not agreed to.

The case is one of “original jurisdiction,” meaning it started in the Supreme Court ...