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In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater

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The court’s decision could fundamentally restructure interstate groundwater law in the United States for decades — or the case could be dismissed immediately on the grounds that Mississippi has failed to allege the proper cause of action. In 1983, for example, it upheld the special master in Idaho ex rel.

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

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Tori Madden) In recent years, property rights disputes have made headlines at the court — notably last year’s dispute between Idaho homeowners Michael and Chantell Sackett and the EPA, in which the justices sided with the property owners and curtailed the Clean Water Act’s protections for wetlands.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes filed a lawsuit in federal court in Idaho challenging the U.S. Idaho, filed Dec. The Court further found that because plaintiffs did not reference specific sections of laws that cause specific breaches of Charter rights, their claims presented no reasonable cause of action. filed Dec.

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