Legal Opinion
Wisconsin v. Michigan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1935No. 15, OriginalPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
This case concerns the Green Bay section of the boundary between thése States. In Michigan v. Wisconsin, 270 U. S. 295, the entire boundary was involved. As to that section, the question was whether islands within the bay and other islands surrounded by its waters and those of Lake Michigan belonged to one or the other State. The territory of Wisconsin was created by an Act of April 20, 1836, c. 54, 5 Stat. 10. The stretch of boundary in question is described: “. . . to a point in the middle of said lake [Michigan], and opposite the main channel of Green Bay, and through said channel and…
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