UNITED STATES
v.
MAINE ET AL. (RHODE ISLAND AND NEW YORK BOUNDARY CASE)

U.S. | 1985-04-29
No. 35
471 U.S. 375 Supreme Court of the United States (1985) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 85 L. Ed. 2d 399 · 105 S. Ct. 2131 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 1 · SCDB 1984-089

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Holding

The Court defines the coastline for determining submerged lands boundaries, including Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound as state inland waters.


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Following a prior decree defining the boundary between submerged lands of the United States and bordering Atlantic Ocean states, the Court addresses e…

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Opinion of the Court

It Is Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed As Follows:

1. For the purposes of the Court’s Decree herein dated October 6, 1975, 423 U. S. 1 (defining the boundary line between the submerged lands of the United States and the submerged lands of the States bordering the Atlantic Ocean), the coastline of the States of Rhode Island and New York shall be determined on the basis that the whole of Long Island Sound and that portion of Block Island Sound lying west of a straight line between Montauk Point on Long Island (at approximately 41°04'18'' N, 71°51'24" W) and Watch Hill Point on the Rhode Island mainland (at approximately 41°18'12.1'' N, 71°51'33" W) constitute state inland waters;

2. The parties shall bear their own costs of these proceedings and the actual expenses of the Special Master herein shall be borne half by the United States and half by Rhode Island and New York jointly;

3. The Court retains jurisdiction to entertain such further proceedings, enter such orders, and issue such writs as from time to time may be deemed necessary or advisable to effectuate and supplement the decree and the rights of the respective parties.


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