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GEORGIA v. SOUTH CAROLINA

No. 74, Orig.

497 U.S. 376 (1990)

GEORGIA v. SOUTH CAROLINA

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 25, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia T. Barmeyer, Senior Assistant Attorney General of Georgia, argued the cause for plaintiff. With her on the briefs were Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, H. Perry Michael, Executive Assistant Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, and Sarah Evans Lockwood, Special Assistant Attorney General.

Thomas E. McCutchen argued the cause for defendant. With him on the briefs were T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General of South Carolina, Robert D. Cook, Deputy Attorney General, Kenneth P. Woodington, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jeter E. Rhodes.*

JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.†

This litigation was instituted in August 1977, pursuant to Art. III, § 2, cl. 2, of the United States Constitution and 28 U. S. C. § 1251(a)(1) (1976 ed.), by the presentation to this Court of a motion by the State of Georgia for leave to file a complaint against the State of South Carolina. The suit wasthe culmination of a prolonged dispute between the two States over...

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