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WISCONSIN v. MICHIGAN

No. 15, original.

295 U.S. 455 (1935)

WISCONSIN v. MICHIGAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Adolph J. Bieberstein, with whom Mr. James E. Finnegan, Attorney General of Wisconsin, Mr. Joseph G. Hirschberg, Deputy Attorney General, and Mr. J.E. Messerschmidt, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for plaintiff.

Mr. Meredith P. Sawyer, with whom Mr. Harry S. Toy, Attorney General of Michigan, and Mr. Edward A. Bilitzke, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for defendant.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the Green Bay section of the boundary between these States. In Michigan v. Wisconsin, 270 U.S. 295, the entire boundary was involved. As to that section, the question was whether islands within the bay and other islands surrounded by its waters and those of Lake Michigan belonged to one or the other State. The territory of Wisconsin was created by...

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