Legal Opinion
Durfee v. Duke
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 2, 1963No. 37PublishedCited by 618 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The United States Constitution requires that “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the . . . judicial Proceedings of every other State.” 1 The case before us presents questions arising under this constitutional provision and under the federal statute enacted to implement it.2
In 1956 the petitioners brought an action against the respondent in a Nebraska court to quiet title to certain bottom land situated on the Missouri River. The main channel of that river forms the boundary between the States of Nebraska and Missouri. The Nebraska court *108had jurisdiction over the subject…
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3Cited by618 opinions
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