Legal Opinion
United States v. Maine
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 25, 1986No. 35 ORIGPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The question now before the Court is whether Nantucket Sound qualifies as “internal waters” of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts rather than partly territorial sea and partly high seas as the United States contends. We agree with the Special Master’s conclusion that the Commonwealth’s claim should be rejected.
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Pursuant to an earlier decree of this Court, 1 the United States and Massachusetts in 1977 filed a joint motion for sup plemental proceedings to determine the location of the Massachusetts coastline. After our appointment of a Special Master, 433 U. S. 917 (1977), the parties agreed on…
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