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MISSISSIPPI v. ARKANSAS

No. 48, Orig.

415 U.S. 289 (1974)

MISSISSIPPI v. ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell E. Ward argued the cause for plaintiff. With him on the brief were Albioun F. Summer, Attorney General of Mississippi, and Martin R. McLendon, Assistant Attorney General.

William H. Drew argued the cause for defendant. With him on the brief was Jim Guy Tucker, Attorney General of Arkansas.

MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Mississippi, prompted by the pendency of private title litigation in the Arkansas courts,1 instituted this original action against Arkansas in November 1970. The bill of complaint, which accompanied the motion for leave to file, prayed that the boundary line between the two States, in the old bed of the Mississippi River from the upstream...

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