Legal Opinion
United States v. Louisiana the Louisiana Boundary Case
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 21, 1969No. 9 ORIGPublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
In United States v. Louisiana, 363 U. S. 1, the Court held that by the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 1 the United States had quitclaimed to Louisiana the lands underlying the Gulf of Mexico within three geographical miles of the coastline.2 The United States was declared *15entitled to the lands further seaward. In the decree, as in the Submerged Lands Act, “coast line” was defined as “the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters.”3 We reserved jurisdiction “to entertain such…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pollard's Lessee v. HAGANSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- United States v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Manchester v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- United States v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by104 opinions
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- R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. HaverCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Marino-GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Abraham Leroy Baker and James Osborne, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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