In the Case of Edwards Aquifer Authority V

question 25

Multiple Choice

In the case of Edwards Aquifer Authority v.Burrell Day and Joel McDaniel (2012) ,farmers argued that

• A) the rights to the water in the aquifer were beyond the reach of the federal government because of a long-standing precedent dating back to Mexican common law.
• B) they had the rights to the water based on their ownership of the land above it.
• C) they had water rights because they had prior claim pursuant to Texas sovereignty under federalism.
• D) they had water rights based on the eminent domain doctrine of the federal Constitution.

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