The U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians: Leaving the Scope of Regulation Under the Clean Water Act in "Murky Waters"
In an 8-to-1 decision authored by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit's decision that the South Florida Water Management District's (District's) operation of a pumping station required a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit because pollutants transferred from a canal to a water conservation area would not have occurred but for the operation of the pump.