United States Supreme Court

In an action by Florida and Tennessee against North Carolina seeking monetary sanctions under the terms of the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact (Compact), which was entered into by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, the special master's order partially dismissing plaintiffs' claims is affirmed where 1) the terms of the Compact did not authorize the Commission administering the Compact to impose monetary sanctions against North Carolina; 2) North Carolina did not breach its contractual obligation to take -appropriate steps- toward the issuance of a waste disposal license; and 3) under Arizona v. California, 460 U.S. 605 (1983), the Commission-s claims were not barred by sovereign immunity so long as the Commission asserted the same claims and sought the same relief as the plaintiff States.

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• Decided 06/01/2010
• Published 06/01/2010

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• United States Supreme Court

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