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UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA

NO. 12, ORIGINAL.

339 U.S. 699 (1950)

70 S.Ct. 914

94 L.Ed. 1216

UNITED STATES v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 5, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Perlman argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Attorney General McGrath, Assistant Attorney General Vanech, Arnold Raum, Oscar H. Davis, Robert E. Mulroney, Robert M. Vaughan, Frederick W. Smith and George S. Swarth.

L. H. Perez and Cullen R. Liskow argued the cause for the defendant. With them on the brief were Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana, John L. Madden, Assistant Attorney General, Stamps Farrar, Bailey Walsh and F. Trowbridge vom Baur.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The United States by its Attorney General and its Solicitor General brought this suit against the State of Louisiana, invoking our jurisdiction under Art. III, § 2, Cl. 2 of the Constitution which provides "In all Cases . . . in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction."

The complaint alleges that the United States...

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