We appreciate the countless hours invested in this case from attorneys in our Office and especially those we called upon with special expertise in this particular area of the law.”
It’s a clear victory for Tennessee on all issues, and for all states who share underground water resources. We appreciate the unanimous ruling from the Court.
And because it owned the water, Tennessee and the other defendants owed Mississippi over $600 million in damages for pumping water from the aquifer. “Private lawyers in Mississippi started this water fight - claiming, in a rather novel theory, that its portion of an aquifer spanning eight states was an intrastate resource it owned exclusively. Slatery III released the following statement in response to a unanimous ruling this morning from the United States Supreme Court in Mississippi v.
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