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Court unanimously favors Tennessee in groundwater dispute with Mississippi

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Share Confirming expectations, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously denied Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater. For this state-level version of a trespass, Mississippi sought over $600 million in damages. As the court confirmed last year in Florida v.

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

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Share Mississippi v. 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. Like most original jurisdiction water cases, Mississippi v.

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Justices throw cold water on Mississippi’s claim to groundwater

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Share The first oral argument of the Supreme Court’s new term, Mississippi v. Tennessee , dealt with Mississippi’s claim that Memphis, Tennessee, is stealing Mississippi’s groundwater. Coghlan argued that the groundwater extraction created a cone of depression that physically entered into Mississippi.

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Two cases alleging disability-based discrimination

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the viability of certain types of disability-based claims under three federal statutes. courts of appeals are “nearly evenly divided” on this issue, the county asks for the justices’ review. Mississippi. The en banc U.S.

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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Because the court was running a little behind this year and just released its last opinions on Thursday, the court also held the mop-up conference on Thursday, and the order list will be released Friday morning at 9:30 a.m.