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

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The court’s decision could fundamentally restructure interstate groundwater law in the United States for decades — or the case could be dismissed immediately on the grounds that Mississippi has failed to allege the proper cause of action. In 1983, for example, it upheld the special master in Idaho ex rel.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes filed a lawsuit in federal court in Idaho challenging the U.S. Idaho, filed Dec. and non-U.S.

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