Supreme Court of the United States

Kansas v. Nebraska

February 24, 2015135 S. Ct. 1042

Summary

The Court affirmed the Special Master’s findings that Nebraska knowingly breached the Republican River Compact and ordered partial disgorgement of Nebraska’s gains but denied Kansas’s request for an injunction; it also adopted the Master’s amendment to the Accounting Procedures to exclude imported water. Concurring and dissenting opinions argued over the Court’s equitable authority and the propriety of disgorgement.