[1] It arose from a disagreement between the state of North Carolina and the other members of the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact over the funding for a joint project.

After the project's demise, the other states demanded their money back, but North Carolina refused to repay them, leading to this case.

[9] The commission, in response to the complaint by Florida and Tennessee, demanded in December 1999 that, in addition to other monetary penalties, North Carolina repay approximately $80 million.

[1] The Court remanded the remainder of the case back to the Special Master to further adjudicate the equitable claims raised by the petitioners.

[15][16] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Alabama et al. v. North Carolina (2010), Slip Opinion