State of Louisiana v. State of Mississippi et al. (516 U.S. 122)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided December 4, 1995 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 516 U.S. 122 · 116 S. Ct. 560
- Decided
- December 4, 1995
- Term
- October Term 1995
- Vote
- 9–0
- Issue area
- Interstate Relations
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Unspecifiable
Opinion excerpt
DECREE This cause having come on to be heard on the Report of the Special Master heretofore appointed by the Court, and the exceptions filed thereto, and having been argued by counsel for the several parties, and this Court having stated its conclusions in its opinion announced on October 31, 1995, ante, p. 22, and having considered the positions of the respective parties as to the terms of the decree, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED AS FOLLOWS: 1. The boundary between the State of Louisiana and the State of Mississippi along the Mississippi River between North Latitude 32° 49' 25" and North Latitude 32° 44' lies along the line described as follows: Beginning at Pt. 1 at North Latitude 32° 49' 25" and West Longitude 91° 09' 27"; thence to Pt. 2, Latitude 32° 49' and Longitude 91° 09' 34"; thence to Pt. 3, Latitude 32° 49' 47" and Longitude 91° 09' 37"; thence to Pt. 4, Latitude 32° 48' 30" and Longitude 91° 09' 39"; thence to Pt. 5, Latitude 32° 48' and Longitude 91° 09' 47"; thence to Pt. 6, Latitude 32° 47' 18" and Longitude 91° 09' 51"; thence to Pt. 7, Latitude 32° 47' 6" and Longitude 91° 09' 54"; thence to Pt. 8, Latitude 32° 47' and Longitude 91° 09' 59"; thence to Pt. 9, Latitude 32° 46' 50" and Longitude 91° 10' 7"; thence to Pt. 10, Latitude 32° 46' 35" and Longitude 91° 10' 14"; thence to Pt. 11, Latitude 32° 46' 20" and Longitude 91° 10' 16"; thence to…
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