Legal Opinion

Oklahoma v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 1, 1922No. 20PublishedCited by 214 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter

This suit in equity was brought in this court by the State of Oklahoma against the State of Texas to settle a controversy between them over their common boundary along the course of the Red River and over the title to the southerly half of the river bed: The State of Texas answered'the bill iand joined in the prayer that the controversy be decided. Shortly - thereafter the United States, by the court’s leave, intervened as a party in interest, and in its bill of intervention set up a claim to the river bed as against both States. Subsequent proceedings resulted in a decree recognizing and…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. The Daniel BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Utah Power & Light Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. Wilcox v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  4. United States v. CressSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  5. Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by214 opinions

  1. Maryland v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public TransportationSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. United States v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Principality of Monaco v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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