Legal Opinion

North Carolina v. Tennessee

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 9, 1914No. 4, OriginalPublishedCited by 16 opinions

IN EQUITY. The facts, which involve the location of a part of the boundary line between the State of North Carolina and the State of Tennessee, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna

Suit in equity instituted by the State of North Carolina, as complainant, against the State of Tennessee, as defendant, for the purpose of having settled and determined the true location of part of the boundary line between the two States.

The pleadings consist of the original bill as amended, answer to the same, cross bill, and replication. Their allegations need not be detailed. They accurately present the controversy between the parties and the relief prayed by each of them.

The controversy concerns only a part of the line between the two States called, respectively, the Slick Rock and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Virginia v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Belding v. HebardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1900

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. United States Steel Corp. v. Multistate Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Virginia v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. New Hampshire v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Missouri Cafeteria, Inc. v. McVeySupreme Court of Missouri · 1951
  5. North Dakota v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1924

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