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STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GARFIELD

No. 7.

211 U.S. 70 (1908)

29 S.Ct. 31

53 L.Ed. 92

STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GARFIELD, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 9, 1908.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General and The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Glenn E. Husted was on the brief, for defendants, on demurrer.

Mr. George H. Lamar and Mr. Harvey M. Friend for complainant, on demurrer.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill brought in this court to establish the title of the State of Louisiana to certain swamp lands which it claims under the statutes of the United States, and to enjoin the defendants against carrying out an order making a different disposition of the lands. The defendants demur on the grounds that this really is a suit against the United States, which has not...

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