143 ORIG Mississippi v. Tennessee (2021-Oct-04)
Supreme Court of the United States
English - October 04, 2021 21:35 - 1 hour - 32.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPolitics News justice supreme court usa united states docket Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The case concerns a dispute between the States of Mississippi and Tennessee involving an aquifer's groundwater.
QUESTION PRESENTED:
"Whether the Court will grant Mississippi leave to file an original action to seek relief from respondents’ use of a pumping operation to take approximately 252 billion gallons of high-quality groundwater;"whether Mississippi has sole sovereign authority over and control of groundwater naturally stored within its borders, including in sandstone within Mississippi’s borders; and"whether Mississippi is entitled to damages, injunctive, and other equitable relief for the Mississippi intrastate groundwater intentionally and forcibly taken by respondents.