Court to issue confidentiality in Florida v. Georgia water case
An official appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court to oversee a lawsuit filed by Florida against Georgia over water use says he will issue an order providing for confidential talks among the states. Robert I. Lancaster, a Maine attorney who is serving as special master in the case, in a conference call also called the media “relentless and ruthless” and said “they will do everything they can to publish everything that they can find out.” Claiming that Georgia’s unchecked growth…