KANSAS v. NEBRASKA

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720 OCTOBER TERM, 2002
Decree
KANSAS v. NEBRASKA
on bill of complaint
No. 126, Orig. Decree entered May 19, 2003
The Final Report of the Special Master is received and
ordered filed.
DECREE
This cause, having come to be heard on the Second Report
of the Special Master appointed by this Court, and on the
Parties’ Joint Motion for Approval of Final Settlement Stipu-
lation, which accompanies said Report, IT IS HEREBY OR-
DERED THAT:
1. The Final Settlement Stipulation executed by all of the
parties to this case and filed with the Special Master on De-
cember 16, 2002, is approved;
2. This action is recommitted to the Special Master for the
sole purpose of deciding procedural questions arising in the
completion by the state parties of the RRCA Groundwater
Model pursuant to the binding procedures prescribed by the
Final Settlement Stipulation. All claims, counterclaims, and
cross-claims for which leave to file was or could have been
sought in this case arising prior to December 15, 2002, are
hereby dismissed with prejudice effective upon the filing by
the Special Master of a final report certifying adoption of the
RRCA Groundwater Model by the state parties.