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Georgia v. South Carolina

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Patricia T. Barmeyer (on behalf of the Plaintiff)
Thomas E. McCutchen, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
74 ORIG
Plaintiff: 
Georgia
Defendant: 
South Carolina
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
497 U.S. 376 (1990)
Argued: 
Monday, January 8, 1990
Decided: 
Monday, June 25, 1990
Issues: 
Interstate Relations, Boundary Dispute Between States

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The Oyez Project, Georgia v. South Carolina , 497 U.S. 376 (1990)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_74_orig)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Georgia, 0 vote(s) against
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