iple that the power of
apportionment among several States of waters of an interstate river
where the demands of the users exceeds the supply is a matter of
sufficient importance and dignity as to be justiciable in the Supreme
Court.

[464] South Dakota _v._ North Carolina, 192 U.S. 286 (1904).

[465] Virginia _v._ West Virginia, 220 U.S. 1 (1911). This case is also
significant for Justice Holmes' statement that, "The case is to be
considered in the untechnical spirit proper for dealing with a
quasi-international controversy, remembering that there is no municipal
code governing the matter, and that this Court may be called on to
adjust differences that cannot be dealt with by Congress or disposed of
by the legislature of either State alone." Ibid. 27.

[466] Kentucky _v._ Indiana, 281 U.S. 163 (1930).

[467] Texas _v._ Florida et al., 306 U.S. 398 (1939).

[468] Pennsylvania and Ohio _v._ West Virginia, 262 U.S. 553 (1923).

[469] 12 Pet. 657 (1838).

[470] 6 Wheat. 264, 378 (1821).

[471] 291 U.S. 286 (1934).

[472] Massachusetts _v._ Missouri, 308 U.S. 1, 15-16 (1939), citing
Florida _v._ Mellon, 273 U.S. 12 (1927).

[473] 306 U.S. 398 (1939).

[474] 308 U.S. 1, 17, citing Oklahoma _v._ Atchison, T. & S.F.R. Co.,
220 U.S. 277, 286 (1911), and Oklahoma _v._ Cook, 304 U.S. 387, 394
(1938). _See also_ New Hampshire _v._ Louisiana, 108 U.S. 76 (1883),
which held that a State cannot bring a suit on behalf of its citizens to
collect on bonds issued by another State, and Louisiana _v._ Texas, 176
U.S. 1 (1900), which held that a State cannot sue another to prevent
maladministration of quarantine laws.

[475] 308 U.S. 1, 17.

[476] Ibid. 19.

[477] The various litigations of Virginia _v._ West Virginia are to be
found in 206 U.S. 290 (1907); 209 U.S. 514 (1908); 220 U.S. 1 (1911);
222 U.S. 17 (1911); 231 U.S. 89 (1913); 234 U.S. 117 (1914); 238 U.S.
202 (1915); 241 U.S. 531 (1916); 246 U.S. 565 (1918).

[478] 246 U.S. 565, 591.

[479] Ibid. 600.

[480] Ibid. 601.

[481] Warren, The Supreme Court and Sovereign States, 79.

[482] 2 Dall. 419 (1793).

[483] Massachusetts _v._ Mellon, 262 U.S. 447 (1923); Florida _v._
Mellon, 273 U.S. 12 (1927); New Jersey _v._ Sargent, 269 U.S. 328
(1926).

[484] Pennsylvania _v._ Quicksilver Min. Co., 10 Wall. 553 (1871);
California _v._ Southern Pacific Co., 157 U.S. 229 (1895); Minnesota
_v._ Northern Securities Co., 184 U.S. 199 (1902).

[485] Wisconsin _v._ Pe