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NIELSEN v. OREGON

No. 593.

212 U.S. 315 (1909)

NIELSEN v. STATE OF OREGON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.C. Macdonald, with whom Mr. John D. Atkinson, Mr. C.C. Fulton, Mr. S.H. Piles, Mr. W.P. Bell, Mr. H.M. Brooks and Mr. J.B. Alexander were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.M. Crawford, Attorney General of the State of Oregon, with whom Mr. I.N. Van Winkle was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

By the legislation of Congress the Columbia River is made the common boundary between Oregon and Washington, and to each of those States is given concurrent jurisdiction on the waters of that river. How that jurisdiction is to be exercised, what limitations there are, if any, upon the power of either State, is not in terms prescribed...

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