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Judge’s Ruling Expected Soon in Groundwater Rights Case

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 9, 2020

A decision by a special judge overseeing the dispute between Mississippi and Tennessee over groundwater rights is expected soon, the Commercial Appeal reports. The judge has heard final arguments in the case and is expected to make a recommendations to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court will then decide whether to accept that recommendation. Mississippi argues that Tennessee is taking its groundwater from the Sparta Sand Aquifer in north Mississippi near the state line and is seeking $600 million in damages. Tennessee argues the water is an interstate resource and that it is entitled to its use. The National Sea Grant Law Center at Ole Miss School of Law has said it will be the first time the high court has resolved a dispute over groundwater resources.

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