Florida v. Georgia (592 U.S. 433)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 1, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 592 U.S. 433 · 141 S. Ct. 1175
- Decided
- April 1, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Barrett
- Issue area
- Interstate Relations
- Disposition
- Petition denied or appeal dismissed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Unspecifiable
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2020 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus FLORIDA v. GEORGIA ON EXCEPTIONS TO SECOND REPORT OF SPECIAL MASTER No. 142, Orig. Argued February 22, 2021—Decided April 1, 2021 This case involves a dispute between Florida and Georgia concerning the proper apportionment of interstate waters. Florida brought an origi- nal action against Georgia alleging that its upstream neighbor con- sumes more than its fair share of water from interstate rivers in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin. Florida claims that Georgia’s overconsumption of Basin waters caused low flows in the Apalachicola River which seriously harmed Florida’s oyster fisheries and river ecosystem. The first Special Master appointed by the Court to assess Florida’s claims recommended dismissal of Florida’s com- plaint. The Court disagreed with the Special Master’s analysis of the threshold question of redressability, and remanded for the Special Master to make definitive findings and recommendations on…
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