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UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA

No. 9, Orig.

394 U.S. 11 (1969)

UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA ET AL. (LOUISIANA BOUNDARY CASE).

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor A. Sachse and J. B. Miller, Special Assistant Attorneys General of Louisiana, argued the State of Louisiana's motion for entry of supplemental decree. With them on the briefs were Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General, Paul M. Hebert, Thomas W. Leigh, Robert F. Kennon, W. Scott Wilkinson, J. J. Davidson, Oliver P. Stockwell, Frederick W. Ellis, and Anthony J. Correro III, Special Assistant Attorneys General, and John L. Madden, Assistant Attorney General.

Archibald Cox argued for the United States on cross-motion for supplemental decree as to the State of Louisiana. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Martz, Louis F. Claiborne, Roger P. Marquis, and George S. Swarth.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

In United States v. Louisiana, 363 U.S. 1, the Court held that by the Submerged Lands Act of 19531 the United States had quitclaimed to Louisiana the lands underlying the Gulf of Mexico within three geographical miles of the coastline.2 The United States was declared

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