Legal Opinion

New Jersey v. Delaware

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 31, 2008No. 134, OrigPublishedCited by 16 opinions

ON EXCEPTIONS TO REPORT OF SPECIAL MASTER

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg

The States of Delaware and New Jersey seek this Court’s resolution of a dispute concerning their respective regulatory authority over a portion of the Delaware River within a circle of twelve miles centered on the town of New Castle, *602Delaware. In an earlier contest between the two States, this Court upheld the title of Delaware to “the river and the subaqueous soil” within the circle “up to [the] low water mark on the easterly or New Jersey side.” New Jersey v. Delaware, 291 U. S. 361, 385 (1934) (New Jersey v. Delaware II)1 Prior to that 1934 boundary determination, in 1905, the two States…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. United States v. MenascheSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Atkins v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Cummings v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  4. New York v. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
  5. Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009

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