United States Fifth Circuit

In an action by Mississippi for conversion of groundwater by the City of Memphis, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed, where Tennessee was an indispensable party to the suit, and the District Court was without power to join Tennessee due to sovereign immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/05/2009
• Published 06/05/2009

Judges

• CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan B. Cameron, Larry D. Moffett, Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Oxford, MS, C. Michael Ellingburg (argued), Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., William Barry Turner, Nashville, TN, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Leo Maurice Bearman (argued), David L. Bearman, Chad Devon Graddy, Kristine Leporati Roberts, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, Christopher S. Campbell, Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh, PLLC, Memphis, TN, Barry W. Ford, Walker W. Jones, III, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, Jackson, MS, Elbert Jefferson, Jr., City of Memphis, Law Div., Memphis, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.