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State of Texas v. State of Louisiana

431 U.S. 161, 97 S. Ct. 2166, 52 L. Ed. 2d 225, 1976 U.S. LEXIS 185
Supreme Court of the United States·Decided May 16, 1977·No. 36 ORIG·Published·Cited by 18 cases

Opinion

431 U.S. 161

97 S.Ct. 2166

52 L.Ed.2d 225

State of TEXAS
v.
State of LOUISIANA

No. 36

Supreme Court of the United States

May 16, 1977

On Bill of Compl-

aint DECREE

For the purpose of giving effect to the opinion of this Court announced on June 14, 1976, 426 U.S. 465, 96 S.Ct. 2155, 48 L.Ed.2d 775:

It Is Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed As Follows:

1. That the extension of the boundary southerly from the point where the line forming the boundary between Texas and Louisiana southerly from the Arkansas boundary, intersects the geographical middle of the Sabine River (Latitude 31o 59'56.225 North, Longitude 94o 02'33.105 West, said point being taken from the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Center, Tex.-La. 1958 Edition) to the mid-point between the gulfward extension of the Sabine Pass jetties Latitude 29o 38'37.329 North, Longitude 93o 49'30.940 West hereby is established.

Said boundary commences at Latitude 31o 59'56.225 North and Longitude 94o 02'33.105 West, thence proceeding in a southerly direction along the Sabine River using the federal line as shown for the boundary on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Center, Tex.-La., 1958 Edition (photorevised 1969) and signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr., for Louisiana on February 20, 1974, and by H. H. Forbes, Jr., for Texas on February 20, 1974, which is in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibit AAA-1.

Thence, on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Logansport, La.-Tex. Edition of 1956 (photorevised 1969) and signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr., for Louisiana on February 20, 1974, and Herman H. Forbes, Jr. for Texas on February 20, 1974, which is in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibit AAA-2, using the federal line as shown along the River as the boundary except for the alignments shown in red. These red alignments denote where the boundary follows old oxbows that formerly were the Sabine River and are located in the vicinity of:

  LATITUDE NORTH              LONGITUDE WEST
 
     31x54'36"                  93x55'51"
 
     31x53'45"                  93x55'54"
 
     31x53'34"                  93x54'02"
 
     31x50'20"                  93x52'38"
 
     31x49'22"                  93x52'09"
 
     31x47'27"                  93x50'05"
 
     31x47'04"                  93x50'05"
 
     31x46'16"                  93x49'30"

Thence, on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Patroon, Tex.-La., Edition of 1956 (photorevised 1969) and signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr., for Louisiana on February 20, 1974, and by Herman H. Forbes, Jr. for Texas on February 20, 1974, which is in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibit AAA-3, using the federal line as shown along the Sabine River as the boundary except for the former alignments shown in red. These are located in the vicinity of:

  LATITUDE NORTH              LONGITUDE WEST
 
     31x42'06"                  93x48'50"
 
     31x41'12"                  93x48'37"
 
     31x36'52"                  93x49'33"
 
     31x31'44"                  93x45'19"

Thence, on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Zwolle, La.-Tex., Edition of 1957 (photorevised 1969) and signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr. for Louisiana on February 20, 1974, and by Herman H. Forbes, Jr. for Texas on February 20, 1974, which is in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibit AAA-4, using the federal line as shown along the Sabine River as the boundary except for the former alignment shown in red. It is located in the vicinity of Latitude 31o 31'50 North and Longitude 93o 45'00 West.

Thence, on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Negreet, La.-Tex., Ed ition of 1954 (photorevised 1969) and signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr. for Lou isiana, on February 20, 1974 and by Herman H. Forbes, Jr. for Texas on February 20, 1974, which is in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibit AAA-5, using the federal line as shown along the Sabine River as the boundary.

Thence, on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Weirgate, Tex.-La., Edition of 1954 (photorevised 1969) and signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr. for Louisiana on March 29, 1974, and by Herman H. Forbes, Jr. for Texas on April 5, 1974, which is in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibit AAA-6, using the federal line as shown along the Sabine River as the boundary except for the former alignments shown in red. These are located in the vicinity of:

  LATITUDE NORTH              LONGITUDE WEST
 
     31x11'12"                  93x33'10"
 
     31x04'16"                  93x32'03"
 
     31x00'14"                  93x34'10"

Thence, on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Merryville, Tex.-La., Edition of 1959 signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr. for Louisiana on February 20, 1974, and by Herman H. Forbes, Jr. for Texas, on February 20, 1974, which is in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibit AAA-7, using the federal line as shown along the Sabine River as the boundary except for the former alignments shown in red. These are located in the vicinity of:

  LATITUDE NORTH              LONGITUDE WEST
 
     30x50'39"                  93x33'37"
 
     30x45'18"                  93x36'23"

Thence, on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Bon Weir, La.-Tex., Edition of 1959 signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr. for Louisiana on February 20, 1974, and by Herman H. Forbes, Jr. for Texas on February 20, 1974, which is in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibit AAA-8, using the federal line as shown along the Sabine River as the boundary except for the former alignments shown in red. These are located in the vicinity of:

  LATITUDE NORTH              LONGITUDE WEST
 
     30x43'27"                  93x36'47"
 
     30x38'14"                  93x40'40"
 
     30x34'49"                  93x42'42"
 
     30x34'40"                  93x43'13"
 
     30x30'38"                  93x42'28"

Thence, on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Starks, La.-Tex., Edition of 1959 (photorevised 1967) and the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Bessmay, Tex.-La., Edition of 1955, each signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr., for Louisiana on February 20, 1974, and by Herman H. Forbes, Jr. for Texas on February 20, 1974, which are in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibits AAA-9 and AAA-10, using the federal line as shown along the Sabine River as the boundary except for the former alignments shown in red. These are located in the vicinity of:

  LATITUDE NORTH              LONGITUDE WEST
 
     30x23'40"                  93x44'36"
 
     30x19'17"                  93x45'21"
 
     30x18'40"                  93x44'37"
 
     30x16'58"                  93x42'12"
 
     30x15'25"                  93x42'08"

Thence, on the United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Orange, La.-Tex., Edition of 1960 signed by Hatley N. Harrison, Jr. for Louisiana, on March 29, 1974, and by Herman H. Forbes, Jr. for Texas, on May 20, 1974, which is in evidence in this case as Texas Exhibit AAA-11, using the federal line as shown along the Sabine River as the boundary except for the former alignments shown in red. These are located in the vicinity of:

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