Supreme Court Gives Georgia Win in Water War With Florida

Supreme Court Gives Georgia Win in Water War With Florida
A boat leaves before dawn for a day of work harvesting oysters from Apalachicola Bay, Feb. 11, 2020. Colin Hackley/Reuters
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The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Florida’s water lawsuit against Georgia on Thursday, ending the long-running legal fight between the two states.

The case involved the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers in Georgia, which join to form the Apalachicola River at the Florida line.