Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 27, 1907
Full case name	Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co.
Citations	206 U.S. 333 ( more )
Holding
States, as quasi-sovereigns, have parens patriae standing to sue for environmental harms, in this case fumes from copper mining.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan  · David J. Brewer Edward D. White  · Rufus W. Peckham Joseph McKenna  · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day  · William H. Moody

Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co., 206 U.S. 333(1907), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that states, as quasi-sovereigns, have parens patriae standing to sue for environmental harms, in this case fumes from copper mining. ^{[1] [2]}

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