United States v. Louisiana

The United States, invoking our original jurisdiction under Art. Ill, § 2, of the Constitution, brought this suit against the States of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Ala*5bama, and Florida, seeking a declaration that it is entitled to exclusive possession of, and full dominion and power over, the lands, minerals, and other natural resources underlying the waters of the Gulf of Mexico more than three geographical miles seaward from the coast of each State and extending to the edge of the Continental Shelf.1 The complaint also asks that the States be enjoined from interfering with the rights of…