- Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. Douglas
Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. Douglas
ArgueDate=March 30
ArgueYear=1982
DecideDate=July 2
DecideYear=1982
FullName=Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. Douglas, Attorney General
USVol=458
USPage=941
Citation=
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=The Nebraska statute forbidding commercial exportation of water from Nebraska was unconstitutional in that it violated the dormant commerce clause.
SCOTUS=1981-1986
Majority=Stevens
JoinMajority=Burger, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell
Dissent=Rehnquist
JoinDissent=O'Connor
LawsApplied="Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. Douglas", 458 U.S. 941 (1982), was a case in which the
United States Supreme Court decided that a Nebraska statute forbidding commercial exportation of water from Nebraska was unconstitutional in that it violated thedormant commerce clause .ee also
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 458 Further reading
*cite journal |last=Barnett |first=B. M. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1984 |month= |title=Mixing Water and the Commerce Clause: the Problems of Practice, Precedent, and Policy in "Sporhase v. Nebraska" |journal=Natural Resources Journal |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=161–194 |issn=00280739 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Chan |first=A. H. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1989 |month= |title=To Market or Not to Market: Allocation of Interstate Waters |journal=Natural Resources Journal |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=529–547 |issn=00280739 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Greenberg |first=A. D. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1983 |month= |title="Sporhase v. Nebraska": The Muddying of Commerce Clause Waters |journal=Ecology Law Quarterly |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=215–239 |issn=00461121 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=McCormick |first=Zachary |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2007 |month= |title=Institutional Barriers to Water Marketing in the West |journal=Journal of the American Water Resources Association |volume=30 |issue=6 |pages=953–961 |doi=10.1111/j.1752-1688.1994.tb03343.x |url= |accessdate= |quote=External links
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