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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the Federal Judicial Center (Center) has ceased all non-excepted activities until funding is restored.

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Science Resources: Water and the Law

Caselaw

APS (Arizona Public Service Co.) v. Long (Supreme Court of Arizona, 1989)
Aransas Project v. Shaw (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2014)
Mississippi v. Tennessee (U.S. Supreme Court, 2021)
PUD No. 1 v. Washington Dept. of Ecology (Supreme Court of Washington, 1994)
Scott v. Slaughter (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1963)
Stockton East Water Dist. v. United States (U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2017).
Winters v. United States (U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1908)

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission v. United States (U.S. Supreme Court, 2012)
Jordan v. St. Johns County (Florida District Court of Appeals, 2011)
Mansoldo v. State (Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2006)
Sargent v. Town of Cornwall (Vermont Supreme Court, 1972)
Vintage Assets, Inc. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2016)

Bd. of Water Works Trs. of Des Moines v. Sac Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors of Drainage Districts 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, No. C15-4020-LTS (N.D. Iowa, Mar. 17, 2017)
Conservation Law Foundation v. NH Fish and Game Dep't (U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire, 2020)
County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund (U.S. Supreme Court, 2019)
Florida Wildlife Federation Inc. v. Johnson, Case No. 4:08cv324-RH/WCS (N.D. Fla., Feb. 2, 2009)
Peconic Baykeeper v. Harvey (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2021)
Rio Hondo Land and Cattle Co. v. US Environmental Protection Agency (New Mexico Court of Appeals, 2021)
Sackett v. USEPA (U.S. Supreme Court, 2023)
Toxics Action Center v. Castella Waste Systems (U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire, 2021)