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Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co., 304 U.S. 92 (1938), is best known for announcing that "general common law" or "general federal common law" no longer exists in the American legal system and is unconstiutional. However, federal courts retain the power to create federal common law in specific areas related to federal rights and interests.

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United States Supreme Court

304 U.S. 92

Hinderlider  v.  La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Company

 Argued: Feb. 10, 11, 1938. --- Decided: April 25, 1938

[Syllabus from pages 92-94 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. Ralph L. Carr and Jean S. Breitenstein, both of Denver, Colo., Byron G. Rogers, Atty. Gen. of Colo., and Shrader P. Howell, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Colo., for appellants.

Messrs. Charles J. Beise and Reese McCloskey, both of Durango, Colo., for appellee.

Mr. Justice BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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