Supreme Court rejects Florida fisheries complaint against Georgia
USA TODAY Florida had argued that Georgia was consuming more than its fair share of water from rivers in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, which hurt the Sunshine States oysters and other fisheries. But special masters – legal experts who assisted the high court in reviewing the evidence presented in the dispute – recommended denying Florida’s claim for lack of proof that Georgia’s alleged overconsumption caused serious harm. The court, in an opinion written by Assoc...
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