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GEORGIA v. TENNESSEE COPPER CO.
Supreme Court of United States (1907) | 206 U.S. 230; 27 S.Ct. 618; 51 L.Ed. 1038
TL;DR: Georgia sued Tennessee copper companies for air pollution destroying its forests. The Supreme Court granted an injunction, holding that a state has a quasi-sovereign right to protect its environment from significant pollution originating in another state, even if the economic harm to the companies is substantial.
Legal Significance: This landmark case established the federal common law of interstate public nuisance and affirmed a state's "quasi-sovereign" interest in protecting its natural resources, creating a foundational precedent for using the courts to combat transboundary pollution.