Legal Opinion
Tarrant Regional Water Dist. v. Herrmann
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 2013No. 11-889PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sotomayor
*618 The Red River Compact, (or Compact), 94 Stat. 3305 , allocates water rights among the States within the Red River basin as it winds through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Petitioner Tarrant Regional Water District (Tarrant), a Texas agency, claims that it is entitled to acquire water under the Compact from within Oklahoma and that therefore the Compact pre-empts several Oklahoma statutes that restrict out-of-state diversions of water. In the alternative, Tarrant argues that the Oklahoma laws are unconstitutional restrictions on interstate commerce. We hold that Tarrant's claims…
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