MILLER v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 261.

281 U.S. 261 (1930)

MILLER v. McLAUGHLIN, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF NEBRASKA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. A. Henry Walter and Seymour L. Smith for petitioner.

Mr. C.A. Sorensen, Attorney General of Nebraska, with whom Mr. George W. Ayres, Assistant Attorney General, was on the brief, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The middle of the channel of the Missouri River is the boundary line between the States of Nebraska and Iowa. Act of April 19, 1864, c. 59, § 2, 13 Stat. 47; Act of August 4, 1846, c. 82, 9 Stat. 52. A Nebraska statute, prohibits the taking of "any fish except minnows from the waters within the state of Nebraska with nets, traps or seines," and made the possession of these unlawful "except as authorized...

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