143 ORIG Mississippi v. Tennessee (2021-Oct-04)
The case concerns a dispute between the States of Mississippi and Tennessee involving an aquifer's groundwater.
The case concerns a dispute between the States of Mississippi and Tennessee involving an aquifer's groundwater.
QUESTION PRESENTED:
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.
