New Jersey v. New York

Supreme Court

New Jersey v. New York

526 U.S. 589, 119 S. Ct. 1743, 143 L. Ed. 2d 774, 1999 U.S. LEXIS 3450, 67 U.S.L.W. 3704, 99 Daily Journal DAR 4576

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedMay 17, 1999

Docket120 ORIG

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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New Jersey v. New York, 526 U.S. 589, 119 S. Ct. 1743, 143 L. Ed. 2d 774, 1999 U.S. LEXIS 3450, 67 U.S.L.W. 3704, 99 Daily Journal DAR 4576 (1999).

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Opinion

DECREE

The Court having exercised original jurisdiction over this controversy between two sovereign States; the issues raised having been heard in an evidentiary proceeding before the Special Master appointed by the Court; the Court having heard argument on the Final Report of the Special Master and the exceptions filed by the state parties; the Court having issued its opinion on the issues raised in the exceptions, which is reported at 523 U. S. 767 (1998); and the Special Master having submitted his Report Upon Recommittal;

It Is Hereby Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed as Follows:

I

The State of New Jersey’s prayer that she be declared to be sovereign over the landfilled portions of Ellis Island added by the Federal Government after 1834 is granted and the State of New York is enjoined from enforcing her laws or asserting sovereignty over the portions of Ellis Island that lie within the State of New Jersey’s sovereign boundary as set forth in paragraph 4 of this decree.

HH HH

The sovereign boundary between the State of New Jersey and the State of New York is as set forth in Article First of the Compact of 1834, enacted into law in both States and approved by Congress.

*590 1 — 1 HH 1 — 1

The State of New York remains sovereign under Article Second of the Compact of 1834 of and over the original Ellis Island, to the low-water mark, and the pier area built on landfill, as the Island and pier were structured in 1834, as more particularly depicted on the 1857 United States Coast Survey of New York Harbor.

IV

The boundary between the two States on Ellis Island is as depicted on the map of Ellis Island, Showing Boundary Between States of New Jersey and New York, dated December 1,1998, which is appended hereto, infra. The boundary between the two States, as depicted on the appended map, lies along the line described as follows:

Beginning at a point with North (NAD83) metric coordinates of North 207 180.7849 (latitude North 40 degrees 41 minutes 54.92285 seconds) and East 188 879.9657 (longitude West 74 degrees 02 minutes 23.75137 seconds), said point being (a) South 45 degrees 42 minutes 50 seconds East along the northeasterly granite block wall of the Ferry Slip about 502 feet from the northwesterly terminus of said wall and thence being (b) North 46 degrees 39 minutes 35.7 seconds East about 10 feet to said point of beginning; thence the following courses and distances:

(1) N 42 degrees 10 minutes 59.1 a 61.150 feet to a point; thence

(2) N 45 degrees 24 minutes 60.990 feet to a point; thence

(3) N 46 degrees 1.813 feet to a point; thence

(4) N 45 degrees 33 minutes 03.3 seconds a 9.193 feet to a point; thence

(5) N 45 degrees 42 minutes 35.4 seconds a 24.972 feet to a point; thence

*591 (6) S 42 degrees 23 minutes 50.8 seconds E, a distance of

I.947 feet to a point; thence

(7) N 45 degrees 15 minutes 54.9 seconds E, a distance of 19.092 feet to a point; thence

(8) S 46 degrees 25 minutes 55.5 seconds E, a distance of 14.147 feet to a point; thence

(9) S 69 degrees 37 minutes 24.8 seconds E, a distance of 4.667 feet to a point; thence

(10) S 67 degrees 54 minutes 46.2 seconds E, a distance of 4.654 feet to a point; thence

(11) S 70 degrees 49 minutes 58.4 seconds E, a distance of 12.373 feet to a point; thence

(12) S 79 degrees 45 minutes 36.8 seconds E, a distance of 9.844 feet to a point; thence

(13) N 86 degrees 16 minutes 07.0 seconds E, a distance of

II.526 feet to a point; thence

(14) N 72 degrees 30 minutes 15.3 seconds E, a distance of 12.058 feet to a point; thence

(15) N 61 degrees 34 minutes 34.0 seconds E, a distance of 13.787 feet to a point; thence

(16) N 37 degrees 42 minutes 57.5 seconds E, a distance of 11.851 feet to a point; thence

(17) N 01 degrees 43 minutes 14.9 seconds E, a distance of 14.569 feet to a point; thence

(18) N 22 degrees 53 minutes 06.4 seconds W, a distance of 13.500 feet to a point; thence

(19) N 48 degrees 57 minutes 00.8 seconds W, a distance of 17.321 feet to a point; thence

(20) N 48 degrees 15 minutes 36.6 seconds W, a distance of 13.988 feet to a point; thence

(21) N 51 degrees 26 minutes 12.9 seconds W, a distance of 17.345 feet to a point; thence

(22) N 43 degrees 49 minutes 22.3 seconds W, a distance of 12.907 feet to a point; thence

(23) N 54 degrees 54 minutes 43.1 seconds W, a distance of 30.552 feet to a point; thence

*592 (24) N 70 degrees 20 minutes 46.2 seconds W, a distance of 26.016 feet to a point; thence

(25) N 49 degrees 2B minutes 55.3 seconds W, a distance of 10.372 feet to a point; thence

(26) N 05 degrees 34 minutes 48.6 seconds W, a distance of 10.927 feet to a point; thence

(27) N 00 degrees 17 minutes 59.9 seconds W, a distance of 11.938 feet to a point; thence

(28) N 23 degrees 17 minutes 40.4 seconds W, a distance of 14.698 feet to a point; thence

(29) N 53 degrees 00 minutes 04.3 seconds W, a distance of 11.113 feet to a point; thence

(30) N 57 degrees 55 minutes 46.1 seconds W, a distance of 11.654 feet to a point; thence

(31) N 63 degrees 34 minutes 20.5 seconds W, a distance of 11.655 feet to a point; thence

(32) N 70 degrees 09 minutes 45.4 seconds W, a distance of 10.498 feet to a point; thence

(33) N 64 degrees 39 minutes 53.0 seconds W, a distance of 15.628 feet to a point; thence

(34) N 42 degrees 57 minutes 16.5 seconds W, a distance of 9.906 feet to a point; thence

(35) N 20 degrees 46 minutes 20.1 seconds W, a distance of 9.693 feet to a point; thence

(36) N 24 degrees 35 minutes 59.2 seconds W, a distance of 11.411 feet to a point; thence

(37) N 18 degrees 46 minutes 40.9 seconds W, a distance of 9.902 feet to a point; thence

(38) N 00 degrees 00 minutes 00.0 seconds E, a distance of 12.938 feet to a point; thence

(39) N 05 degrees 54 minutes 22.1 seconds W, a distance of 10.933 feet to a point; thence

(40) N 16 degrees 33 minutes 01.3 seconds W, a distance of 13.823 feet to a point; thence

(41) N 33 degrees 24 minutes 44.2 seconds W, a distance of 14.301 feet to a point; thence

*593 (42) N 25 degrees 46 minutes 09.6 seconds W, a distance of 12.076 feet to a point; thence

(43) N 37 degrees 08 minutes 48.1 seconds W, a distance of 10.350 feet to a point; thence

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