HOUSTON v. THOMAS

No. 90-1031.

937 F.2d 247 (1991)

Julia Donelson HOUSTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ruth M. THOMAS, et al., Defendants, State of Louisiana and Lake Providence Port Commission, Intervening Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Keyser, Asst. Atty. Gen., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for intervening defendants-appellants.

Robert R. Bailess, Wheeless, Beanland, Shappley & Bailess, Vicksburg, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before POLITZ and DUHE, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

In a boundary dispute as treacherous as old man river itself, the appellants challenge the district court's conclusion that accretions to the west bank of the Mississippi River are within the territorial boundaries of Mississippi. Finding that the district court erred in its initial placement of the boundary thalweg between Louisiana and Mississippi, we reverse and render judgment for the appellants...

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