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TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DIST. v. HERRMANN

No. 11-889.

133 S.Ct. 2120 (2013)

186 L.Ed.2d 153

TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT, Petitioner v. Rudolf John HERRMANN et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Rothfeld, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Ann O'Connell, for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Kevin L. Patrick, Scott C. Miller, Patrick, Miller, Kropf, & Noto, P.C., Aspen, CO, Clyde A. Muchmore, Harvey D. Ellis, L. Mark Walker, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, OK, Charles A. Rothfeld, Counsel of Record, Timothy S. Bishop, Michael B. Kimberly, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

E. Scott Pruitt, Attorney General, Patrick R. Wyrick, Solicitor General, Oklahoma Attorney, General's Office, Oklahoma City, OK, Charles T. DuMars, Esq., Law & Resource Planning Associates, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, Lisa S. Blatt, Counsel of Record, Andrew T. Karron, Sarah M. Harris, R. Reeves Anderson, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

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...

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