Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided February 4, 1981Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable William L. Schroeder District Attorney Caldwell and Comal Counties Comal County Courthouse New Braunfels, Texas 78130
Re: Return of concurrent criminal jurisdiction over lands to which Texas has previously ceded exclusive jurisdiction to the United States
Dear Mr. Schroeder:
You ask about criminal jurisdiction over activities at the Gary Job Corps Center. The Gary Job Corps Training Center is located on land in Caldwell County that became a federal enclave in 1954. It was then known as the Gary Air Force Base. Governor Allan Shivers executed a deed ceding to the United States, pursuant…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Steward MacHine Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- James v. Dravo Contracting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Texas v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- S. R. A., Inc. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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