SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Share Confirming expectations, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously denied Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater. For this state-level version of a trespass, Mississippi sought over $600 million in damages. Facts as developed so far indicate that Mississippi will be unable to meet that burden.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Share Mississippi v. 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. Mississippi first came to the court in 2014.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Share The first oral argument of the Supreme Court’s new term, Mississippi v. Tennessee , dealt with Mississippi’s claim that Memphis, Tennessee, is stealing Mississippi’s groundwater. Coghlan argued that the groundwater extraction created a cone of depression that physically entered into Mississippi.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 9, 2021

Mississippi. 4617(b)(12). Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. Issue : Whether a federal court with exclusive jurisdiction over a claim may abstain in favor of a state court with no jurisdiction over that claim.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

Then there is a case on the court’s original docket , Mississippi v. Tran , 20-1541 , concerns a term of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act that provides that “[i]n any private action arising under [the Securities Act of 1933], all discovery and other proceedings shall be stayed during the pendency of any motion to dismiss.”

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The Privacy Act strictly protects personal information from improper disclosure and misuse, including by barring disclosure to other agencies within the federal government and individuals who lack a lawful and legitimate need for it. It] has no authority in law to direct operations or decisions at government agencies.

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