Civil case files. Series 1, [ca. 1901-ca. 1920].

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Civil case files. Series 1, [ca. 1901-ca. 1920].

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Materials relating to the proceedings of court trials and hearings before state boards, sent to the attorney general by the lawyers of parties involved in civil action proceedings, and by courts and state boards.

41.0 cu. ft. (41 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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These cases had their genesis in a bill of complaint filed with the United States Supreme Court by the state of Wisconsin in 1922, seeking an injunction to restrain the state of Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago from diverting water from Lake Michigan through the Chicago River into the Des Plaines River and ultimately the Mississippi. This linkage, completed in 1900, not only facilitated navigation between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River waterways system, but a...