MISSISSIPPI v. LOUISIANA

No. 91-1158.

506 U.S. 73 (1992)

MISSISSIPPI et al. v. LOUISIANA et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided December 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. McCartney argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Robert R. Bailess, Charles Alan Wright, Mike Moore, Robert E. Sanders, and Richard H. Page.

Gary L. Keyser, Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General of Louisiana, and E. Kay Kirkpatrick, Assistant Attorney General.

Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was originally commenced by private plaintiffs suing other private defendants in the District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to quiet title to certain land riparian to the Mississippi River. The State of Louisiana intervened in the action and filed a third-party complaint against the State of Mississippi seeking to determine the boundary between the two States in the vicinity of...

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