A report from a U.S. Supreme Court special master doesn’t conclude the epic litigation conflict known as the “water wars,” but it delivers a decisive victory to an army of lawyers who have labored long for Florida and Georgia on that battlefield.
Three water wars veterans now sit on the Georgia Supreme Court: Justices Harold Melton, Nels Peterson and Britt Grant. They earned their medals in a conflict that spans the service of three Georgia governors and three attorneys general. The fight has engaged some of the sharpest minds at top firms since the dawn of the millennium.
