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MINNESOTA v. WISCONSIN

No. 16, Original.

252 U.S. 273 (1920)

STATE OF MINNESOTA v. STATE OF WISCONSIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 8, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.D. Bailey and Mr. H.B. Fryberger, with whom Mr. Clifford L. Hilton, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, Mr. Oscar Mitchell and Mr. Louis Hanitch were on the briefs, for complainant.

Mr. M.B. Olbrich, Deputy Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, with whom Mr. John J. Blaine, Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, was on the brief, for defendant.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

We are asked to ascertain and establish the boundary line between the parties in Upper and Lower St. Louis Bays. Complainant claims to the middle of each bay — halfway between the shores. The defendant does not seriously question this claim as to the lower bay, but earnestly maintains that in the upper one the line follows a sinuous course near complainant's shore. Since 1893 a deep channel has been...

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