Legal Opinion
United States v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 23, 1947No. 12, ORIGINALPublishedCited by 431 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The United States by its Attorney General and Solicitor General brought this suit against the State of California invoking our original jurisdiction under Article III, § 2, of the Constitution which provides that “In all Cases . . . in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction.” The complaint alleges that the United States “is the owner in fee simple of, or possessed of paramount rights in and powers over, the lands, minerals and other things of value underlying the Pacific Ocean, lying seaward of the ordinary low water mark on the coast of California…
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