Legal Opinion
Illinois v. Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 28, 1991No. 106 ORIGPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
In this case we return again to the history and geography of the Ohio River valley, as we consider the location of the boundary of the Commonwealth of Kentucky with the State of Illinois. We hold it to be the line of the low-water mark along the river’s northerly shore as it was in 1792.
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In July 1986, Illinois sought leave to file a bill of complaint against Kentucky, invoking this Court’s original jurisdiction to resolve a disagreement about the location of the common boundary of the two States. See U. S. Const., Art. Ill, §2. Illinois asked the Court to declare “the boundary line ... to…
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