South Carolina v. North Carolina

South Carolina v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 13, 2009 Decided January 20, 2010
Full case name	State of South Carolina v. State of North Carolina
Citations	558 U.S. 256 (more) 130 S. Ct. 854; 175 L. Ed. 2d 713
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Case opinions
Majority	Alito, joined by Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer
Concur/dissent	Roberts, joined by Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor

South Carolina v. North Carolina, 558 U.S. 256 (2010), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States settled a dispute between the states of South Carolina and North Carolina regarding which parties may intervene in litigation between two states over water rights. By a 5–4 vote, the Court held that an interstate water authority and the Duke Energy Corporation could intervene, while ruling unanimously that the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, could not.