Equitable Apportionment in the Supreme Court: An Overview of the Doctrine and the Factors Considered by the Supreme Court in Light of Florida v. Georgia
| dc.contributor.author | Bernadett, Lauren D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-19T19:56:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-12-19T19:56:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-12-19 | |
| dc.description | 24 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In October 2013, the state of Florida filed a complaint against the state of Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court.1 Florida alleged that Georgia had been extracting an increasing amount of water from interstate rivers to meet its agricultural, industrial, and municipal demand for water. Florida alleged that the increasing water extraction was drying up the Apalachicola River, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Basin, and floodplains. The Apalachicola River region hosts Florida’s largest river floodplain forest; the greatest number of freshwater fish species in Florida; over one hundred species that are endangered, threatened, or of concern under federal or state law; the second largest national estuarine research reserve; and, until recently, twelve percent of the nation’s eastern oyster harvest. Florida asked the Supreme Court to equitably apportion the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Basin water, to enjoin Georgia “from interfering with Florida’s rights,” and to cap Georgia’s water uses at 1992 levels. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | 29 J. ENVTL. L. & LITIG. 511 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1049-0280 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/18643 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon School of Law | en_US |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water law | en_US |
| dc.title | Equitable Apportionment in the Supreme Court: An Overview of the Doctrine and the Factors Considered by the Supreme Court in Light of Florida v. Georgia | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |