TEXAS v. LOUISIANA

No. 36, Orig.

426 U.S. 465 (1976)

TEXAS v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for plaintiff. With him on the briefs were Elizabeth B. Levatino, First Special Assistant Attorney General, Daniel O. Goforth, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Larry F. York.

Oliver P. Stockwell, Special Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana, argued the cause for defendant. With him on the briefs were William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, Warren E. Mouledoux and Gary Keyser, Assistant Attorneys General, and Emmett C. Sole, Special Assistant Attorney General.

John P. Rupp argued the cause for the United States as intervenor. On the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Acting Assistant Attorney General Kiechel, William L. Patton, Bruce C. Rashkow, and Michael W. Reed.


PER CURIAM.

We have already decided that the relevant boundary between the States of Texas and Louisiana is the geographic middle of Sabine Pass, Sabine Lake, and Sabine River from the mouth of the Sabine in the Gulf of Mexico to the thirty-second degree of north latitude. 410 U.S. 702 (1973). We have also held that all islands in the east half of the Sabine River when Louisiana was admitted...

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