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NEW JERSEY v. DELAWARE

No. 13, original.

291 U.S. 361 (1934)

54 S.Ct. 407

78 L.Ed. 847

NEW JERSEY v. DELAWARE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 5, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Duane E. Minard and George S. Hobart, with whom Mr. Wm. A. Stevens, Attorney General of New Jersey, was on the brief, for plaintiff.

Mr. Clarence A. Southerland, with whom Mr. Percy Warren Green, Attorney General of Delaware, and Mr. Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr., were on the brief, for defendant.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

Invoking our original jurisdiction, New Jersey brings Delaware into this court and prays for a determination of the boundary in Delaware Bay and River.

The controversy divides itself into two branches, distinct from each other in respect of facts and law. The first branch has to do with the title to the bed or subaqueous soil of the Delaware River within a circle of twelve miles about the town of New...

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