Texas v. New Mexico

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United States Supreme Court case interstate water rights case original jurisdiction case

Texas v. New Mexico is a U.S. Supreme Court interstate water rights case involving disputes over allocation and enforcement of river water compacts between the states.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Texas v. New Mexico canonical	1
Texas v. New Mexico, 138 S. Ct. 954 (2018)	1
Texas v. New Mexico, 462 U.S. 554 (1983)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4892189 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Texas v. New Mexico
Context triple: [Compact Clause of the United States Constitution, appliedInCase, Texas v. New Mexico]

A. California v. Texas
California v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act after Congress reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero.
B. Alabama v. Texas
Alabama v. Texas is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court addressed a dispute among states over offshore submerged lands and the scope of federal authority under the Constitution.
C. Arizona v. United States
Arizona v. United States is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state authority over immigration enforcement by affirming broad federal power in this area.
D. Kleppe v. New Mexico
Kleppe v. New Mexico is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed broad federal authority over public lands and wildlife under the Constitution’s Property Clause.
E. Texas v. White
Texas v. White was an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Union to be indestructible and that states could not unilaterally secede from it.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Texas v. New Mexico
Target entity description: Texas v. New Mexico is a U.S. Supreme Court interstate water rights case involving disputes over allocation and enforcement of river water compacts between the states.

A. California v. Texas
California v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act after Congress reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero.
B. Alabama v. Texas
Alabama v. Texas is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court addressed a dispute among states over offshore submerged lands and the scope of federal authority under the Constitution.
C. Arizona v. United States
Arizona v. United States is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state authority over immigration enforcement by affirming broad federal power in this area.
D. Kleppe v. New Mexico
Kleppe v. New Mexico is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed broad federal authority over public lands and wildlife under the Constitution’s Property Clause.
E. Texas v. White
Texas v. White was an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Union to be indestructible and that states could not unilaterally secede from it.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ interstate water rights case ⓘ original jurisdiction case ⓘ
affects	irrigation in the Rio Grande Project area ⓘ water deliveries to southern New Mexico ⓘ water deliveries to west Texas ⓘ
alleges	New Mexico actions impaired water deliveries to Texas under the Rio Grande Project ⓘ New Mexico allowed groundwater pumping that interfered with Rio Grande Compact deliveries ⓘ
category	Interstate compact litigation ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases involving water rights ⓘ United States Supreme Court original jurisdiction cases ⓘ
citation	Texas v. New Mexico, 138 S. Ct. 954 (2018) ⓘ linked to: Texas v. New Mexico
constitutionalBasis	Article III original jurisdiction ⓘ Compact Clause, Article I, Section 10 ⓘ linked to: Compact Clause of the United States Constitution
courtTerm	2013 Term ⓘ
decisionType	opinion of the Court ⓘ
docketNumber	No. 141, Original ⓘ
filedAgainst	State of New Mexico ⓘ linked to: New Mexico
filedBy	State of Texas ⓘ linked to: Texas United States (as intervenor) ⓘ
geographicScope	Rio Grande Basin ⓘ
holding	United States has distinct federal interests in Rio Grande Project operations ⓘ linked to: Rio Grande Project United States may pursue claims to enforce the Rio Grande Compact ⓘ
involves	Elephant Butte Reservoir ⓘ Rio Grande Compact ⓘ Rio Grande Project ⓘ equitable apportionment principles ⓘ federal–state water management ⓘ interstate compact enforcement ⓘ
jurisdiction	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
legalIssue	availability of equitable apportionment when a compact exists ⓘ remedies for compact violations ⓘ scope of federal government’s role in enforcing interstate compacts ⓘ whether New Mexico violated the Rio Grande Compact ⓘ
legalSubject	Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ linked to: Compact Clause of the United States Constitution federal reclamation law ⓘ interstate water allocation ⓘ river water compacts ⓘ
opinionBy	Justice Neil Gorsuch ⓘ linked to: Neil M. Gorsuch
party	State of Colorado ⓘ linked to: Colorado State of New Mexico ⓘ linked to: New Mexico State of Texas ⓘ linked to: Texas
proceduralPosture	original action for leave to file bill of complaint ⓘ referred to Special Master ⓘ
relatedCase	Colorado v. New Mexico, 459 U.S. 176 (1982) ⓘ Texas v. New Mexico, 462 U.S. 554 (1983) ⓘ linked to: Texas v. New Mexico
specialMaster	Gregory J. Grimsal ⓘ
timePeriod	21st century ⓘ
vote	unanimous in relevant 2018 decision ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Compact Clause of the United States Constitution → appliedInCase → Texas v. New Mexico ⓘ

Texas v. New Mexico → citation → Texas v. New Mexico, 138 S. Ct. 954 (2018) ⓘ

linked to: Texas v. New Mexico

Texas v. New Mexico → relatedCase → Texas v. New Mexico, 462 U.S. 554 (1983) ⓘ