TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 30, 2021

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III last week called on the U.S. Supreme Court to reject claims that the state violated Mississippi’s sovereignty when it pumped water from a vast aquifer in the region, Bloomberg Law reports. The filing comes after a special master appointed by the high court to consider the matter recommended rejecting Mississippi’s claims last year. The longstanding dispute between the two states centers on whether a Memphis utility interfered with Mississippi’s authority over its land and waters when it pumped water from the Sparta-Memphis Aquifer. Mississippi asked the Supreme Court to recognize its right to the groundwater and impose damages on Tennessee.