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Top court delays hearing in SC-NC water lawsuit
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Published: October 5, 2009
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has postponed arguments in a dispute over water between North Carolina and South Carolina.
The court said Monday the delay is due to an illness in the family of a lawyer who was scheduled to argue the case. The court has not set a new date for arguments.
South Carolina wants the nation's highest court to keep utilities and municipalities out of the case, saying they would prolong the case and increase costs.
The action is the latest in a battle over the Catawba River basin. In 2007, South Carolina filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop North Carolina from draining the watershed.
The court has appointed a special master to help resolve the dispute. Last year, that special master allowed the city of Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy and a water system to enter the case.
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