Legal Opinion
West Virginia Ex Rel. Dyer v. Sims
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 9, 1951No. 147PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
After extended negotiations eight States entered into a Compact to control pollution in the Ohio River system. See Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact, 54 Stat. 752. Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia recognized that they were faced with one of the problems of government that are defined by natural rather than political boundaries. Accordingly, they pledged themselves to cooperate in maintaining waters in the Ohio River basin in a sanitary condition through the administrative mechanism of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by158 opinions
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