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In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater

SCOTUSBlog

Tennessee is not only the Supreme Court’s first oral argument of the 2021-22 term, but it is also the first time that states have asked the court to weigh in on how they should share an interstate aquifer. Tennessee , therefore, is whether the equitable apportionment doctrine (automatically) applies to groundwater resources.

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GTLA Attorney’s Fees Provision Permitting Award Against Plaintiff Deemed Constitutional

Day on Torts

After all defendants filed motions to dismiss, the trial court entered an order dismissing all claims, finding that all the claims were based on the premise that the adoption process was illegal under Tennessee law, but that it was not. Reid filed a motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to Tenn. Reid and CRMC. Code Ann. §

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

People are seeking the closure of the houses located in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. Griffen then appealed and the attorney for the Haunted Hotel quoted Hunter S. Griffin voluntarily paid money to experience it.” _ In 2018, a case emerged in Madison, Tennessee from the Nashville Nightmare Haunted House.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

She later deleted her account (likely after her attorney regained consciousness). People are seeking the closure of the houses located in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. Griffen then appealed and the attorney for the Haunted Hotel quoted Hunter S. Thompson: “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” Again, the court agreed.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

People are seeking the closure of the houses located in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. Griffen then appealed and the attorney for the Haunted Hotel quoted Hunter S. In 2018, a case emerged in Madison, Tennessee from the Nashville Nightmare Haunted House. Thompson: “Buy the ticket, take the ride.”

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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

SCOTUSBlog

Tennessee , 22 Orig. 143 , involving a long-running dispute between those two states (and Memphis, Tennessee) over the apportionment of groundwater. In government-facing litigation, the government’s petition in Becerra v. We finish with good old private litigation. CVS Pharmacy Inc. Pivotal Software v.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Tennessee Valley Authority , No. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. Center for Biological Diversity v.