the U.S. Supreme Court the Court issued a unanimous decision, in Mississippi v. Tennessee, Docket No. 220143, rejecting Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee and the City of Memphis were taking its groundwater.
In Mississippi v. Tennessee, Mississippi claimed an exclusive right to the water at issue, notwithstanding the facts that the aquifer lies below no fewer than 8 states and the wells from which Memphis was pumping are in Tennessee. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Tennessee.