| Tarrant Regional Water Dist. v. Herrmann | |
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| Argued April 23, 2013 Decided June 13, 2013 | |
| Full case name | Tarrant Regional Water District, Petitioner v. Rudolf John Herrmann, et al. |
| Docket no. | 11–889 |
| Citations | 569 U.S. 614 (more) |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | CIV-07-0045-HE Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, NO. CIV-07-0045-HE, (W.D. Okla. July 16, 2010) Tarrant Regional Water District v. Sevenoaks (Tarrant II), 545 F.3d 906, 909 (10th Cir., 2008). Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, 10th Cir., No. 10-6184, September 7, 2011 |
| Holding | |
| The Red River Compact does not preempt Oklahoma’s water statutes because the Compact creates no cross-border rights in its signatories for these statutes to infringe. Nor do Oklahoma’s laws run afoul of the Commerce Clause. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Sotomayor, joined by unanimous |
Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, 569 U.S. 614 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Oklahoma statutes forbidding the export of water from the state are not preempted or forbidden by the Red River Compact.