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Argued October 9, 1967.
Decided December 4, 1967.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Louis F. Claiborne argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Weisl, Richard A. Posner and George S. Swarth.
Victor A. Sachse, Special Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana, argued the cause for defendant State of Louisiana. With him on the brief were Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General, John L. Madden, Assistant Attorney General, and Paul M. Hebert, Thomas W. Leigh, W. Scott Wilkinson, J. B. Miller, Oliver P. Stockwell, J. J. Davidson and Frederick W. Ellis, Special Assistant Attorneys General.
Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General of Texas, and Houghton Brownlee, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for defendant State of Texas. With them on the brief were George Cowden, First Assistant Attorney General, J. Arthur Sandlin, Assistant Attorney General, A. J. Carrubi, Jr., and Price Daniel.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.
In United States v. California (the first California case), 332 U.S. 19 (1947), we held that the States did not own the submerged lands off their coastlines and that the United States had paramount rights in these lands. Some States violently objected to this decision claiming that they had historically owned at least out to a distance of three geographical miles...
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