United States v. Louisiana

525 U.S. 1, 142 L. Ed. 2d 1, 119 S. Ct. 313, 98 Daily Journal DAR 10740, 67 U.S.L.W. 3256, 1998 U.S. LEXIS 6449
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
DecidedOctober 13, 1998
Docket9, Orig
StatusPublished
Cited by63 cases

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United States v. Louisiana, 525 U.S. 1, 142 L. Ed. 2d 1, 119 S. Ct. 313, 98 Daily Journal DAR 10740, 67 U.S.L.W. 3256, 1998 U.S. LEXIS 6449 (1998).

Opinion

SUPPLEMENTAL DECREE

On December 12, 1960, this Court entered a final decree addressing the entitlement of the United States and the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas to lands, minerals, and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico. United States v. Louisiana, 364 U. S. 502. On May 5,1969, this Court entered a supplemental decree describing the 1845 coastline of the State of Texas and the offshore boundary between the United States and Texas. United States v. Louisiana, 394 U. S. 836. For the purpose of identifying with greater particularity the boundary line *2 between the submerged lands of Texas and those of the United States, it is ordered, adjudged, and decreed as follows:

1. As against the United States, with the exceptions provided by §5 of the Submerged Lands Act, 67 Stat. 32, 43 U. S. C. § 1313, the State of Texas is entitled to all lands, minerals, and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, bounded on the south by the international boundary with the Republic of Mexico and on the east by the boundary between the States of Texas and Louisiana and an extension thereof, that lie landward of the line described in paragraph 3 below.

2. As against the State of Texas, the United States is entitled to all lands, minerals, and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, bounded on the south by the international boundary with the Republic of Mexico and on the east by the boundary between the States of Texas and Louisiana and an extension thereof, that lie seaward of the line described in paragraph 3 below.

3. The federal-state boundary line, referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, is located as follows:

NAD 27 Texas South Zone (feet)

Type Code x-coordinate y-coordinate

BEGINNING AT 2499640.190 113383.050

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2499530.550 116379.990

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2444923.280 113478.030

TO 2499085.770 121013.970

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2498580.340 124646.260

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2444417.930 117110.640

TO 2498520.860 125062.040

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2447716.990 104830.000

TO 2498147.430 125977.510

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2498068.220 126760.310

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2443661.000 121256.010

*3 NAD 27 Texas South Zone (feet)

x-coordinate y-eoordinate

TO 2497382.910 181473.560

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2497076.470 135705.480

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2497119.050 137947.290

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2497240.260 139652.480

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2442693.000 143530.000

TO 2496941.950 150421.250

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2496722.950 152145.250

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2442474.000 145254.000

TO 2496369.790 154510.440

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2495552.790 159267.440

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2441657.000 150011.000

TO 2495160.620 161315.920

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2494874.980 162667.810

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2494746.000 163636.000

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2494468.310 165973.870

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2443246.710 146822.120

TO 2492810.740 169927.290

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2492774.800 170112.970

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2439086.150 159722.250

TO 2492588.170 171034.890

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2492205.260 174407.590

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2437625.640 171015.450

TO 2491921.560 177526.340

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2491552.740 180602.020

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2437256.820 174091.130

TO 2491382.170 181893.990

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2491322.660 182306.820

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2491250.280 183423.780

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2436679.820 179887.780

TO 2491038.940 185848.050

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2490687.070 189057.190

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2436327.950 183096.920

TO 2490568.140 190056.800

*4 [[Image here]]

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2489781.810 196184.910

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2489408.130 199725.490

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2435025.270 193985.870

TO 2488891.700 203411.710

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2488385.320 206305.540

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2488095.190 207985.200

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2487772.010 210387.930

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2433575.160 203098.250

TO 2487561.760 211809.440

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2487232.820 213848.020

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2432844.590 208159.240

TO 2487027.760 215549.950

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2486636.220 218420.430

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2432453.050 211029.720

TO 2486214.950 221034.530

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2485938.220 222521.570

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2485815.850 223411.880

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2431640.280 215965.660

TO 2484763.880 228939.650

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2484753.860 228995.960

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2430915.120 219413.240

TO 2484707.670 229251.920

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2484141.990 232344.750

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2430349.440 222506.070

TO 2483210.720 236510.600

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2483055.890 237300.960

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2429390.990 226788.270

TO 2482686.770 239035.640

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2482267.080 240861.990

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2481855.260 242883.000

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2428271.470 231964.400

TO 2481793.420 243182.190

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2481027.530 246836.380

*5 [[Image here]]

Type Code x-coordinate y-eoordinate

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2427505.580 235618.590

TO 2480357.520 249658.190

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2480292.310 249903.680

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2426833.570 238388.260

TO 2479639.120 252601.340

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2478059.020 258471.870

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2477392.310 261606.470

BY ARC CENTERED AT 2423903.880 250229.900

TO 2476815.070 264044.520

BY STRAIGHT LINE TO 2474580.490 272603.140

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525 U.S. 1, 142 L. Ed. 2d 1, 119 S. Ct. 313, 98 Daily Journal DAR 10740, 67 U.S.L.W. 3256, 1998 U.S. LEXIS 6449, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/united-states-v-louisiana-scotus-1998.