5th Circuit Cites U.S.-Mexico Water Rio Grande Treaty In Floating Barrier Case

(December 11, 2023, 7:12 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — Texas’ 1,000-foot floating barrier in the middle of the Rio Grande threatens a treaty crucial to allocation of water between the United States and Mexico, a majority of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in part in allowing a lower court’s preliminary injunction against the barrier to resume pending a resolution on the merits....