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Show COURT DECISION IS OF INTEREST HERE Action of th United Flat n-prem n-prem court In denylns th application : of th tat of Colorado for a rehear- In of the I rami river dlaput I a 'caa In which I'tth la Interested, j When the atate of Colorado made ap- plication for a rehearlnc I' tan Joined I by th flllnc of a brief and amlcut J curie on he theory that the atate de-t de-t sired to have the court reconsider the jo,oatloa as to permit of tb rlfhn aa . , between the states and se if the court could not "bo Induced to adopt the principle of equitable distribution of tho waters of Interstate streams In-stead In-stead of the priority of rlitht which the court had followed In the case, j The brief uf the state of ltah was I prepared by Attorney Oeneral Harvey IH duff. In arx-Hklns; o( the refusal (of the United States supreme court to !a-rant a rehear. nx. the attorney nen-teral nen-teral said today: "K"nl!y. an a mattr i of faet. we feet that the .illetrihution I of the wsters of Interstate n'fams ' should b on he basis of equitable j distribution, rather than priority right, 1 Ls tho court baa decided. |