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Rhode Island And New York Boundary Case

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Louis F. Claiborne (on behalf of the plaintiff)
John G. Proudfit (on behalf of New York)
J. Peter Doherty (on behalf of Rhode Island)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
35 ORIG
Plaintiff: 
Rhode Island And New York Boundary Case
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
469 U.S. 504 (1985)
Argued: 
Monday, November 26, 1984
Decided: 
Tuesday, February 19, 1985
Issues: 
Federalism, Submerged Lands Act

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The Oyez Project, Rhode Island And New York Boundary Case , 469 U.S. 504 (1985)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1984/1984_35_orig)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for , 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Treaty

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Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun