United States v. Louisiana - 394 U.S. 836 (1960)
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U.S. Supreme Court
United States v. Louisiana, 394 U.S. 836 (1969)
United States v. Louisiana (Texas Boundary Case)
No. 9, Orig.
Decided May 31, 1960, December 4, 1967, and March 3, 1969
Decree Entered December 12, 1960
Supplemental Decree Entered May 5, 1969
394 U.S. 836
Opinions reported: 363 U. S. 363 U.S. 1; 389 U. S. 389 U.S. 155, and ante, p. 394 U. S. 1.
Decree reported: 364 U. S. 364 U.S. 502.
For the purpose of giving effect to the conclusions of this Court as stated in its opinions announced December 4, 1967, and March 3, 1969, supplementing the decree entered herein on December 12, 1960, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed as follows:
1. As against the State of Texas, the United States is entitled to --
(a) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico that are more than three marine leagues gulfward from the present or future coastline as referred to in § 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 67 Stat. 29, 43 U.S.C. § 1301(c); and
(b) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, more than three geographical miles gulfward from the present or future coastline as referred to in § 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1301(c) , that are gulfward of the following line:
Beginning at a point on the international boundary with Mexico (wherever that boundary may be located), three marine leagues gulfward from the point x=2,447,033, y=105,994 (Texas Plane Coordinate System, South Zone), latitude 25ˇ57'05.90" N., longitude 97ˇ08'22.85" W., and proceeding thence northwardly and eastwardly as follows:
bwm:
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South Zone
Course ------------------- Latitude Longitude
x y
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1. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,447,033 105,994 25ˇ57'05.90" 97ˇ08'22.85"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,498,223 125,226 26ˇ00'10.59" 96ˇ58'59.59"
2. By straight line to. . . . . 2,498,068 126,760 26ˇ00'25.80" 96ˇ59'01.09"
3. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,443,661 121,256 25ˇ59'37.4" 97ˇ08'58.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,497,383 131,474 26ˇ01'12.56" 96ˇ59'07.98"
4. By straight line to. . . . . 2,497,076 135,704 26ˇ01'54.49" 96ˇ59'10.78"
5. By straight line to. . . . . 2,497,119 137,947 26ˇ02'16.70" 96ˇ59'10.02"
6. By straight line to. . . . . 2,497,240 139,652 26ˇ02'33.58" 96ˇ59'08.47"
7. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,442,693 143,530 26ˇ03'18.1" 97ˇ09'06.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,496,942 150,421 26ˇ04'20.26" 96ˇ59'10.32"
8. By straight line to. . . . . 2,496,723 152,145 26ˇ04'37.36" 96ˇ59'12.50"
9. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,442,474 145,254 26ˇ03'35.2" 97ˇ09'08.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,496,370 154,510 26ˇ05'00.83" 96ˇ59'16.06"
10. By straight line to. . . . . 2,495,553 159,267 26ˇ05'48.04" 96ˇ59'24.39"
11. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,441,657 150,011 26ˇ04'22.4" 97ˇ09'16.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,495,161 161,316 26ˇ06'08.37" 96ˇ59'28.42"
12. By straight line to. . . . . 2,494,875 162,668 26ˇ06'21.79" 96ˇ59'31.38"
13. By straight line to. . . . . 2,494,746 163,636 26ˇ06'31.39" 96ˇ59'32.67"
14. By straight line to. . . . . 2,492,451 182,957 26ˇ09'43.01" 96ˇ59'55.32"
15. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,438,148 176,509 26ˇ08'45.2" 97ˇ09'52.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,492,330 183,907 26ˇ09'52.44" 96ˇ59'56.52"
16. By straight line to. . . . . 2,490,612 196,490 26ˇ11'57.26" 97ˇ00'13.74"
17. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,436,430 189,092 26ˇ10'50.0" 97ˇ10'09.4"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,490,574 196,764 26ˇ11'59.99" 97ˇ00'14.12"
18. By straight line to. . . . . 2,488,714 209,890 26ˇ14'10.20" 97ˇ00'32.84"
19. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,434,570 202,218 26ˇ13'00.2" 97ˇ10'28.3"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,488,423 211,722 26ˇ14'28,37" 97ˇ00'35.80"
20. By straight line to. . . . . 2,486,399 223,191 26ˇ16'22.20" 97ˇ00'56.54"
21. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,432,546 213,687 26ˇ14'54.0" 97ˇ10'49.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,486,322 223,615 26ˇ16'26.40" 97ˇ00'57.33"
22. By straight line to. . . . . 2,484,084 235,738 26ˇ18'26.73" 97ˇ01'20.36"
23. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,430,308 225,810 26ˇ16'54.3" 97ˇ11'12.4"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,483,535 238,353 26ˇ18'52.69" 97ˇ01'26.05"
24. By straight line to. . . . . 2,478,947 257,823 26ˇ22'06.05" 97ˇ02'13.99"
25. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,425,720 245,280 26ˇ20'07.6" 97ˇ12'00.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,478,775 258,531 26ˇ22'13.09" 97ˇ02'15.79"
26. By straight line to. . . . . 2,475,739 270,687 26ˇ24'13.83" 97ˇ02'47.63"
27. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,422,684 257,436 26ˇ22'08.3" 97ˇ12'32.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,475,708 270,811 26ˇ24'15.06" 97ˇ02'47.96"
28. By straight line to. . . . . 2,472,116 285,051 26ˇ26'36.50" 97ˇ03'25.67"
29. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,419,092 271,676 26ˇ24'29.7" 97ˇ13'10.5"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,4712287 287,990 26ˇ27'05.71" 97ˇ03'34.42"
30. By straight line to. . . . . 2,466,585 303,033 26ˇ29'35.22" 97ˇ04'24.28"
31. By straight line to. . . . . 2,461,419 319,706 26ˇ32'20.92" 97ˇ05'19.08"
32. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,409,184 303,522 26ˇ29'46.1" 97ˇ14'56.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,461,209 320,369 26ˇ32'27.52" 97ˇ05'21.31"
33. By straight line to. . . . . 2,450,926 352,124 26ˇ37'43.15" 97ˇ07'10.71"
34. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,398,901 335,277 26ˇ35'01.6" 97ˇ16'45.8"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,449,710 355,498 26ˇ38'16.70" 97ˇ07'23.71"
35. By straight line to. . . . . 2,447,122 362,000 26ˇ39'21.38" 97ˇ07'51.45"
36. By straight line to. . . . . 2,445,524 366,527 26ˇ40'06.38" 97ˇ08'08.52"
37. By straight line to. . . . . 2,442,108 376,994 26ˇ41'50.42" 97ˇ08'44.95"
38. By straight line to. . . . . 2,437,787 392,060 26ˇ44'20.08" 97ˇ09'30.83"
39. By straight line to. . . . . 2,437,079 394,740 26ˇ44'46.70" 97ˇ09'38.32"
40. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,384,205 398,463 26ˇ42'33.7" 97ˇ19'23.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,435,953 398,463 26ˇ45'23.70" 97ˇ09'50.30"
41. By straight line to. . . . . 2,435,511 399,759 26ˇ45'36.57" 97ˇ09'55.03"
42. By straight line to. . . . . 2,432,474 410,567 26ˇ47'23.94" 97ˇ10'27.28"
43. By straight line to. . . . . 2,427,617 431,540 26ˇ50'52.15" 97ˇ11'18.47"
44. By straight line to. . . . . 2,424,278 447,618 26ˇ53'31.37" 97ˇ11'53.51"
45. By straight line to. . . . . 2,422,538 459,109 26ˇ55'25.72" 97ˇ12'11.42"
46. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,368,469 450,923 26ˇ54'09.8" 97ˇ22'09.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,422,177 461,213 26ˇ55'46.59" 97ˇ12'15.17"
47. By straight line to. . . . . 2,421,519 468,580 26ˇ56'11.43" 97ˇ12'22.16"
48. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,367,051 463,714 26ˇ56'16.6" 97ˇ22'24.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,421,383 469,914 26ˇ57'12.85" 97ˇ12'22.95"
49. By straight line to. . . . . 2,420,872 474,392 26ˇ57'57.25" 97ˇ12'28.09"
50. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,366,540 468,192 26ˇ57'01.0" 97ˇ22'29.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,420,613 476,347 26ˇ58'16.64" 97ˇ12'30.73"
51. By straight line to. . . . . 2,419,889 487,832 27ˇ00'10.46" 97ˇ12'37.44"
52. By straight line to. . . . . 2.419,593 493,822 27ˇ01'09.82" 97ˇ12'40.04"
53. By straight line to. . . . . 2,419,571 498,661 29ˇ01'57.74" 97ˇ12'39.73"
54. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,364,887 498,418 27ˇ02'00.5" 97ˇ22'44.5"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,419,564 499,351 27ˇ02'04.57" 97ˇ12'39.74"
55. By straight line to. . . . . 2,419,442 506,501 27ˇ03'15.40" 97ˇ12'40.28"
56. By straight line to. . . . . 2,419,750 514,047 27ˇ04'30.10" 97ˇ12'36.02"
57. By straight line to. . . . . 2,419,951 517,831 27ˇ05'07.56" 97ˇ12'33.36"
58. By straight line to. . . . . 2,420,165 521,009 27ˇ05'39.01" 97ˇ12'30.64"
59. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,365,603 524,676 27ˇ06'20.5" 97ˇ22'34.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,420,260 522,916 27ˇ05'57.88" 97ˇ12'29.38"
60. By straight line to. . . . . 2,420,367 526,247 27ˇ06'30.86" 97ˇ12'27.81"
61. By straight line to. . . . . 2,421,336 538,406 27ˇ08'31.18" 97ˇ12'15.70"
62. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,366,824 542,751 27ˇ09'19.4" 97ˇ22'18.7"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,421,429 539,789 27ˇ08'44.87" 97ˇ12'14.52"
63. By straight line to. . . . . 2,421,449 540,167 27ˇ08'48.61" 97ˇ12'14.25"
64. By straight line to. . . . . 2,421,591 540,986 27ˇ08'56.71" 97ˇ12'12.59"
65. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,367,705 550,301 27ˇ10'34.1" 97ˇ22'08.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,422,109 544,769 29ˇ09'34.13" 97ˇ12'06.42"
66. By straight line to. . . . . 2,422,522 548,828 27ˇ10'14.28" 97ˇ12'01.39"
67. By straight line to. . . . . 2,422,909 550,953 27ˇ10'35.28" 97ˇ11'56.86"
68. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,369,110 560,755 27ˇ12'17.5" 97ˇ21'51.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,423,074 551,906 27ˇ10'44.71" 97ˇ11'54.92"
69. By straight line to. . . . . 2,423,600 555,114 27ˇ11'16.42" 97ˇ11'48.73"
70. By straight line to. . . . . 2,425,604 565,501 27ˇ12'59.09" 97ˇ11'25.35"
71. By straight line to. . . . . 2,425,955 567,201 27ˇ13'15.88" 97ˇ11'21.27"
72. By straight line to. . . . . 2,430,188 585,397 27ˇ16'15.65" 97ˇ10'32.26"
73. By straight line to. . . . . 2,435,271 602,898 27ˇ19'08.44" 97ˇ09'33.87"
74. By straight line to. . . . . 2,437,860 611,265 27ˇ20'31.02" 97ˇ09'04.17"
75. By straight line to. . . . . 2,440,773 619,882 27ˇ21'56.05" 97ˇ08'30.84"
76. By straight line to. . . . . 2,443,622 627,687 27ˇ23'13.04" 97ˇ07'58.31"
77. By straight line to. . . . . 2,449,412 641,292 27ˇ25'27.14" 97ˇ06'52.41"
78. By straight line to. . . . . 2,455,945 656,139 27ˇ27'53.45" 97ˇ05'38.08"
79. By straight line to. . . . . 2,459,158 662,847 27ˇ28'59.52" 97ˇ05'01.59"
80. By straight line to. . . . . 2,400,858 666,346 27ˇ29'33.99" 97ˇ04'42.27"
81. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,419,058 701,605 27ˇ35'27.6" 97ˇ12'22.4"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,468,926 679,163 27ˇ31'40.01" 97ˇ03'11.05"
82. By straight line to. . . . . 2,473,113 688,467 27ˇ33'11.66" 97ˇ02'23.35"
83. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,423,245 710,909 27ˇ36'59.3" 97ˇ11'34.8"
84. By straight line to. . . . . 2,477,226 701,748 27ˇ35'22.70" 97ˇ01'35.93"
85. By straight line to. . . . . 2,484,830 715,453 27ˇ37'37.53" 97ˇ00'09.62"
86. By straight line to. . . . . 2,492,830 728,654 27ˇ39'47.30" 96ˇ58'38.91"
87. By straight line to. . . . . 2,503,178 744,730 27ˇ42'25.23" 96ˇ56'41.63"
88. By straight line to. . . . . 2,511,461 757,057 27ˇ44'26.26" 96ˇ55'07.44"
89. By straight line to. . . . . 2,515,272 762,240 27ˇ45'17.11" 96ˇ54'24.63"
90. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,471,092 794,467 27ˇ50'41.5" 97ˇ02'32.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,522,680 776,327 27ˇ47'35.66" 96ˇ53'00.17"
91. By straight line to. . . . . 2,523,498 778,651 27ˇ47'58.57" 96ˇ52'50.74"
92. By straight line to. . . . . 2,523,986 779,631 27ˇ48'08.21" 96ˇ52'45.16"
93. By straight line to. . . . . 2,526,031 782,992 27ˇ48'41.29" 96ˇ52'22.00"
94. By straight line to. . . . . 2,535,804 796,133 ----------- -----------
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South Central Zone
Course ------------------- Latitude Longitude
x y
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(Repeating two courses)
93. By straight line to. . . . . 2,687,786 -1,695 ----------- -----------
94. By straight line to. . . . . 2,697,492 11,498 27ˇ50'50.13" 96ˇ50'31.25"
95. By straight line to. . . . . 2,705,230 21,472 27ˇ52'27.43" 96ˇ49'03.01"
96. By straight line to. . . . . 2,710.958 28,002 27ˇ53'31.00" 96ˇ47'57.84"
97. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,669,848 64,063 27ˇ59'35.4" 96ˇ55'28.7"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,712,719 30,115 27ˇ53'51.59" 96ˇ47'37.33"
98. By straight line to. . . . . 2,714,852 32,807 27ˇ54'17.84" 96ˇ47'13.45"
99. By straight line to. . . . . 2,720,377 38,910 27ˇ55'17.21" 96ˇ46'10.59"
100. By straight line to. . . . . 2,724,705 43,579 27ˇ56'02.60" 96ˇ45'21.36"
101. By straight line to. . . . . 2,727,377 46,418 27ˇ56'30.20" 96ˇ44'50.97"
102. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,691,713 87,873 28ˇ03'27.2" 96ˇ51'20.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,733,517 52,619 27ˇ57'30.40" 96ˇ43'41.20"
103. By straight line to. . . . . 2,745,287 64,045 27ˇ59'21.23" 96ˇ41'27.48"
104. By straight line to. . . . . 2,759,114 76,842 28ˇ01'25.17" 96ˇ38'50.43"
105. By straight line to. . . . . 2,760,917 78,432 28ˇ01'40.55" 96ˇ38'29.96"
106. By straight line to. . . . . 2,775,278 90,137 28ˇ03'33.53" 96ˇ35'47.09"
107. By straight line to. . . . . 2,780,827 94,573 28ˇ04'16.30" 96ˇ34'44.15"
108. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,746,685 137,290 28ˇ11'26.0" 96ˇ40'55.7"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,782,550 96,009 28ˇ04'30.16" 96ˇ34'24.59"
109. By straight line to. . . . . 2,783,852 97,140 28ˇ04'41.80" 96ˇ34'09.80"
110. By straight line to. . . . . 2,791,476 102,789 28ˇ05'35.43" 96ˇ32'43.40"
111. By straight line to. . . . . 2,800,074 109,137 28ˇ06'36.47" 96ˇ31'05.92"
112. By straight line to. . . . . 2,807,482 114,230 28ˇ07'25.32" 96ˇ29'42.01"
113. By straight line to. . . . . 2,814,202 118,283 28ˇ08'04.00" 96ˇ28'26.00"
114. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,785,963 165,112 28ˇ15'53.5" 96ˇ33'30.4"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,815,384 119,016 28ˇ08'11.01" 96ˇ28'12.63"
115. By straight line to. . . . . 2,824,561 124,874 28ˇ09'07.01" 96ˇ26'28.73"
116. By straight line to. . . . . 2,831,319 128,676 28ˇ09'43.18" 96ˇ25'12.32"
117. By straight line to. . . . . 2,836,670 131,276 28ˇ10'07.75" 96ˇ24'11.92"
118. By straight line to. . . . . 2,839,197 132,254 28ˇ10'16.87" 96ˇ23'43.45"
119. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,819,460 183,253 28ˇ18'46.0" 96ˇ27'11.5"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,840.053 132,594 28ˇ10'20.04" 96ˇ23'33.80"
120. By straight line to. . . . . 2,844,564 134,428 28ˇ10'37.20" 96ˇ22'42.95"
121. By straight line to. . . . . 2,846,278 135,087 28ˇ10'43.34" 96ˇ22'23.64"
122. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,833,368 188,226 28ˇ19'32.2" 96ˇ24'34.7"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,864,032 142,947 28ˇ11'57.16" 96ˇ19'03.31"
123. By straight line to. . . . . 2,865,389 143,866 28ˇ12'05.95" 96ˇ18'47.92"
124. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,834,725 189,145 28ˇ19'41.0" 96ˇ24'19.3"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,879,517 157,775 28ˇ14'20.38" 96ˇ16'06.44"
125. By straight line to. . . . . 2,880,106 158,616 28ˇ14'28.57" 96ˇ15'59.64"
126. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,835,314 189,986 28ˇ19'49.2" 96ˇ24'12.5"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,883,104 163,406 28ˇ15'15.29" 96ˇ15'24.87"
127. By straight line to. . . . . 2,885,258 167,099 28ˇ15'51.36" 96ˇ15'00.94"
128. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,837,368 193,679 28ˇ20'25.3" 96ˇ23'48.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,886,819 170,332 28ˇ16'22.99" 96ˇ14'41.53"
129. By straight line to. . . . . 2,890,783 177,022 28ˇ17'28.27" 96ˇ13'55.43"
130. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,843.740 204,903 29ˇ22'15.0" 96ˇ22'34.5"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,893,218 181,614 28ˇ18'13.16" 96ˇ13'26.99"
131. By straight line to. . . . . 2,899,305 186,971 28ˇ19'04.75" 96ˇ12'17.48"
131a. By straight line to . . . . 2,899,402 187,052 28ˇ19'05.53" 96ˇ12'16.38"
132. By straight line to. . . . . 2,908,291 193,515 28ˇ20'07.38" 96ˇ10'35.21"
133. By straight line to. . . . . 2,912,716 196,355 28ˇ20'34.44" 96ˇ09'44.93"
134. By straight line to. . . . . 2,927,833 205,781 28ˇ22'04.08" 96ˇ06'53.21"
135. By straight line to. . . . . 2,936,888 211,198 28ˇ22'55.48" 96ˇ05'10.38"
136. By straight line to. . . . . 2,950,886 219,194 28ˇ24'11.14" 96ˇ02'31.45"
137. By straight line to. . . . . 2,961,311 224,721 28ˇ25'03.23" 96ˇ00'33.18"
138. By straight line to. . . . . 2,978,776 233,372 28ˇ26'24.39" 95.57'15.13"
139. By straight line to. . . . . 2,987,582 237,367 28ˇ27'01.65" 95ˇ55'35.35"
140. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,964,991 287,167 28ˇ35'20.4" 95ˇ59'34.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,988,795 237,935 28ˇ27'06.96" 95ˇ55'21.60"
141. By straight line to. . . . . 2,998,740 242,743 28ˇ27'51.95" 95ˇ53'28.80"
142. By straight line to. . . . . 3,002,406 244,493 28ˇ28'08.31" 95ˇ52'47.22"
143. By straight line to. . . . . 3,005,833 246,002 28ˇ28'22.33" 95ˇ52'08.38"
144. By arc centered at . . . . . 2,983,797 296,051 28ˇ36'43.5" 95ˇ56'00.5"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,007,526 246,783 28ˇ28'29.61" 95ˇ51'49.18"
145. By straight line to. . . . . 3,026,416 255,881 28ˇ29'54.60" 95ˇ48'14.81"
146. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,002,687 305,149 28ˇ38'08.6" 95ˇ52'25.9"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,028,326 256,847 28ˇ30'03.64" 95ˇ47'53.12"
147. By straight line to. . . . . 3,047,657 267,108 28ˇ31'39.91" 95ˇ44'13.33"
148. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,022,018 315,410 28ˇ39'45.0" 95ˇ48'45.9"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,048,496 267,563 28ˇ31'44.18" 95ˇ44'03.79"
149. By straight line to. . . . . 3,059,100 273,431 28ˇ32'39.31" 95ˇ42'03.10"
150. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,032,622 321,278 28ˇ40'40.2" 95ˇ46'45.1"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,060,936 274,494 28ˇ32'49.32" 95ˇ41'42.19"
151. By straight line to. . . . . 3,078,889 285,359 28ˇ34'31.79" 95ˇ38'17.46"
152. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,050,575 332,143 28ˇ42'22.8" 95ˇ43'20.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,080,687 286,496 28ˇ34'42.53" 95ˇ37'56.93"
153. By straight line to. . . . . 3,084,317 288,890 28ˇ35'05.20" 95ˇ37'15.45"
154. By straight line to. . . . . 3,092,292 293,735 28ˇ35'50.86" 95ˇ35'44.46"
155. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,063,896 340,470 28ˇ43'41.5" 95ˇ40'48.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,092,642 293,950 28ˇ35'52.89" 95ˇ35'40.46"
156. By straight line to. . . . . 3,110,764 305,148 28ˇ37'38.45" 95ˇ32'13.53"
157. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,082,018 351,668 28ˇ45'27.2" 95ˇ37'20.9"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,111,027 305,312 28ˇ37'39.99" 95ˇ32'10.52"
158. By straight line to. . . . . 3,128,977 316,545 28ˇ39'25.86" 95ˇ28'45.39"
159. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,099,968 362,901 28ˇ47'13.2" 95ˇ33'55.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,129,951 317,169 28ˇ39'31.75" 95ˇ28'34.25"
160. By straight line to. . . . . 3,152,081 331,678 28ˇ41'48.68" 95ˇ24'20.95"
161. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,122,098 377,410 28ˇ49'30.3" 95ˇ29'42.1"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,153,769 332,830 28ˇ41'59.57" 95ˇ24'01.60"
162. By straight line to. . . . . 3,158,904 336,478 28ˇ42'34.10" 95ˇ23'02.71"
163. By straight line to. . . . . 3,168,664 342,866 29ˇ43'34.32" 95ˇ21'10.91"
164. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,138,717 388,622 28ˇ51'16.3" 95ˇ26'31.5"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,172,530 345,644 28ˇ44'00.62" 95ˇ20'26.53"
165. By straight line to. . . . . 3,177,771 349,049 28ˇ44'32.69" 95ˇ19'26.48"
166. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,147,981 394,907 28ˇ52'15.7" 95ˇ24'45.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,178,426 349,481 28ˇ44'36.76" 95ˇ19'18.98"
167. By straight line to. . . . . 3,184,351 353,452 28ˇ45'14.21" 95ˇ18'11.04"
168. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,153,906 398,878 28ˇ52'53.2" 95ˇ23'37.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,185,298 354,101 28ˇ45'20.34" 95ˇ18'00.17"
169. By straight line to. . . . . 3,196,291 361,808 28ˇ46'33.16" 95ˇ15'53.96"
170. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,164,899 406,585 28ˇ54'06.1" 95ˇ21'30.9"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,197,099 362,386 28ˇ46'38.61" 95ˇ15'44.67"
171. By straight line to. . . . . 3,203,248 366,865 28ˇ47'21.00" 95ˇ14'33.99"
171a. By straight line to . . . . 3,203,445 366,995 28ˇ47'22.22" 95ˇ14'31.73"
172. By straight line to. . . . . 3,205,264 368,190 28ˇ47'33.46" 95ˇ14'10.87"
173. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,182,950 418,115 28ˇ55'54.6" 95ˇ18'03.8"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213,259 372,598 26ˇ48'14.53" 95ˇ12'39.45"
174. By straight line to. . . . . 3,214,103 373,160 28ˇ48'19.82" 95ˇ12'29.76"
175. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,183,794 418,677 28ˇ55'59.9" 95ˇ17'54.1"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,230,736 390,625 28ˇ51'07.29" 95ˇ09'16.44"
176. By straight line to. . . . . 3,240,421 399,503 28ˇ52'31.99" 95ˇ07'24.26"
177. By straight line to. . . . . 3,258,176 414,679 28ˇ54'56.30" 95ˇ03'58.91"
178. By straight line to. . . . . 3,262,578 418,206 28ˇ55'29.73" 95ˇ03'08.07"
179. By straight line to. . . . . 3,266,464 420,949 28ˇ55'55.57" 95ˇ02'23.08"
180. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,239,802 468,683 29ˇ03'56.8" 95ˇ07'05.4"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,282,040 433,949 28ˇ57'58.97" 94ˇ59'23.10"
181. By straight line to. . . . . 3,282,364 434,343 28ˇ58'02.76" 94ˇ59'19.30"
182. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,240,126 469,077 29ˇ04'00.6" 95ˇ07'01.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,290,005 446,661 29ˇ00'02.05" 94ˇ57'48.53"
183. By straight line to. . . . . 3,296,652 452,104 29ˇ00'53.63" 94ˇ56'31.59"
184. By straight line to. . . . . 3,302,419 456,606 29ˇ01'36.20" 94ˇ55'24.90"
185. By straight line to. . . . . 3,315,160 466,352 29ˇ03'08.22" 94ˇ52'57.60"
186. By straight line to. . . . . 3,320,930 470,564 29ˇ03'47.89" 94ˇ51'50.94"
187. By straight line to. . . . . 3,328,195 475,602 29ˇ04'35.19" 94ˇ50'27.11"
188. By straight line to. . . . . 3,342,587 484,679 29ˇ05'59.91" 94ˇ47'41.32"
189. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,313,417 530,934 29ˇ13'47.9" 94ˇ52'51.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,345,594 486,717 29ˇ06'19.02" 94ˇ47'06.62"
190. By straight line to. . . . . 3,350,192 490,063 29ˇ06'50.48" 94ˇ46'13.45"
191. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,318,015 534,280 29ˇ14'19.4" 94ˇ51'58.4"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,351,664 491,173 29ˇ07'00.94" 94ˇ45'56.41"
192. By straight line to. . . . . 3,366,438 502,706 29ˇ08'49.73" 94ˇ43'05.18"
193. By straight line to. . . . . 3,373,759 508,167 29ˇ09'41.10" 94ˇ41'40.41"
194. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,341,062 552,000 29ˇ17'06.6" 94ˇ47'31.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,376,113 510,025 29ˇ09'58.63" 94ˇ41'13.09"
195. By straight line to. . . . . 3,379,502 512,885 29ˇ10'25.40" 94ˇ40'33.71"
196. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,344,451 554,830 29ˇ17'33.4" 94ˇ46'51.8"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,382,463 515,517 29ˇ10'50.64" 94ˇ39'59.22"
197. By straight line to. . . . . 3,385,938 518,877 29ˇ11'22.61" 94ˇ39'18.63"
198. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,347,926 558,190 29ˇ18'05.4" 94ˇ46'11.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,393,316 527,691 29ˇ12'47.10" 94ˇ37'51.73"
199. By straight line to. . . . . 3,394,123 528,892 29ˇ12'58.69" 94ˇ37'42.12"
200. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,348,733 559,391 29ˇ18'17.0" 94ˇ46'01.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,399,047 537,969 29ˇ14'26.68" 94ˇ36'42.74"
201. By straight line to. . . . . 3,399,847 539,848 29ˇ14'44.97" 94ˇ36'32.92"
202. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,349,533 561,270 29ˇ18'35.3" 94ˇ45'51.8"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,401,544 544,379 29ˇ15'29.17" 94ˇ36'11.86"
203. By straight line to. . . . . 3,402,301 546,710 29ˇ15'51.96" 94ˇ36'02.32"
204. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,350,290 563,601 29ˇ18'58.1" 94ˇ45'42.3"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,404,498 556,395 29ˇ17'26.97" 94ˇ35'33.41"
205. By straight line to. . . . . 3,404,679 557,758 29ˇ17'40.38" 94ˇ35'30.79"
206. By straight line to. . . . . 3,405,303 558,363 29ˇ17'46.13" 94ˇ35'23.49"
207. By straight line to. . . . . 3,407,136 559,951 29ˇ18'01.16" 94ˇ35'02.12"
208. By straight line to. . . . . 3,409,314 561,570 28ˇ18'16.36" 94ˇ34'36.85"
209. By straight line to. . . . . 3,413,751 564,517 29ˇ18'43.86" 94ˇ33'45.50"
210. By straight line to. . . . . 3,421,690 569,297 29ˇ19'28.16" 94ˇ32'13.83"
211. By straight line to. . . . . 3,429,293 573,476 29ˇ20'06.63" 94ˇ30'46.17"
212. By straight line to. . . . . 3,447,430 582,437 29ˇ21'28.35" 94ˇ27'17.47"
213. By straight line to. . . . . 3,466,717 591,592 29ˇ22'51.47" 94ˇ23'35.58"
214. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,443,267 640,994 29ˇ31'09.3" 94ˇ27'38.8"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,467,072 591,762 29ˇ22'53.01" 94ˇ23'31.50"
215. By straight line to. . . . . 3,480,531 598,270 29ˇ23'52.12" 94ˇ20'56.55"
216. By straight line to. . . . . 3,497,178 605.998 29ˇ25'01.98" 94ˇ17'44.98"
217. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,474,153 655,599 29ˇ33'21.8" 94ˇ21'42.9"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,497,492 606,145 29ˇ25'03.31" 94ˇ17'41.36"
218. By straight line to. . . . . 3,512,863 613,399 29ˇ26'08.92" 94ˇ14'44.35"
219. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,489,524 662,853 29ˇ34'27.5" 94ˇ18'45.7"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,513,624 613,765 29ˇ26'12.24" 94ˇ14'35.58"
220. By straight line to. . . . . 3,530,376 621,990 29ˇ27'26.82" 94ˇ11'22.44"
221. By straight line to. . . . . 3,554,680 633,780 29ˇ29'13.49" 94ˇ06'42.17"
222. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,530,811 682,981 29ˇ37'30.0" 94ˇ10'49.1"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,555,470 634,171 29ˇ29'17.03" 94ˇ06'33.05"
223. By straight line to. . . . . 3,571,673 642,357 29ˇ30'31.26" 94ˇ03'25.94"
224. By straight line to. . . . . 3,579,924 646,355 29ˇ31'07.35" 94ˇ01'50.72"
225. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,564.669 698,869 29ˇ39'53.2" 94ˇ04'18.2"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,583,947 647,695 29ˇ31'18.91" 94ˇ01'04.58"
226. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,570,700 700.751 29ˇ40'09.3" 94ˇ03'09.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,583,971 647,701 29ˇ31'18.96" 94ˇ01'04.31"
227. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,585,544 702,363 29ˇ40'19.0" 94ˇ00'20.1"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,587,641 647,718 29ˇ31'17.58" 94ˇ00'22.79"
228. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,588,465 702,397 29ˇ40'18.1" 93ˇ59'47.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,957,166 648,409 29ˇ31'20.37" 93ˇ58'34.73"
229. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,598,298 703,082 29ˇ40'20.7" 93ˇ57'55.3"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,611,182 649,936 29ˇ31'29.50" 93ˇ55'55.45"
230. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,616,758 704,337 29ˇ40'25.2" 93ˇ54'25.6"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,617,980 649,666 29ˇ31'23.90" 93ˇ54'38.73"
231. By straight line to. . . . . 3,622,052 649,757 29ˇ31'23.04" 93ˇ53'52.62"
232. By straight line to. . . . . 3,628,661 649,851 29ˇ31'21.11" 93ˇ52'37.85"
233. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,627,884 704,530 29ˇ40'22.3" 93ˇ52'19.5"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,632,508 650,041 29ˇ31'21.32" 93ˇ51'54.24"
234. By straight line to. . . . . 3,634,971 650,250 29ˇ31'22.32" 93ˇ51'26.29"
235. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,630,347 704,739 29ˇ40'23.3" 93ˇ51'51.5"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,651,368 654,256 29ˇ31'54.77" 93ˇ48'18.84"
236. By straight line to. . . . . 3,653,430 655,115 29ˇ32'02.36" 93ˇ47'55.08"
237. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,632,410 705,598 29ˇ40'30.9" 93ˇ51'27.7"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,663,602 660,681 29ˇ32'52.93" 93ˇ45'57.22"
238. By straight line to. . . . . 3,664,862 661,556 29ˇ33'01.02" 93ˇ45'42.53"
239. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,633,670 706,473 29ˇ40'39.0" 93ˇ51'13.0"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,677,669 674,000 29ˇ34'58.40" 93ˇ43'11.30"
240. By straight line to. . . . . 3,678,810 675,546 29ˇ35'13.18" 93ˇ42'57.60"
241. By arc centered at . . . . . 3,634,811 708,019 29ˇ40'53.8" 93ˇ50'59.3"
to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,680,595 678,115 29ˇ35'37.80" 93ˇ42'36.08"
242. By straight line to. . . . . 3,686,069 686,496 29ˇ36'58.24" 93ˇ41'29.83"
ewm:
The State of Texas is not entitled to any interest in such lands, minerals or resources, and said State, its privies, assigns, lessees and other persons claiming under it are hereby enjoined from interfering with the rights of the United States in such lands, minerals and resources.
2. As against the United States, with the exceptions provided by § 5 of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1313, the State of Texas is entitled to --
(a) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, bounded on the south by the international boundary with Mexico and on the east by the western boundary of Louisiana and an extension thereof, that are within three geographical miles from the present or future coastline as referred to in § 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1301(c); and
(b) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, bounded on the south by the international boundary with Mexico and on the east by the western boundary of Louisiana and an extension thereof, less than three marine leagues gulfward from the present or future coastline as referred to in § 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1301(c), that are landward of the line described in paragraph 1(b) hereof.
3. As used herein --
(a) "Geographical mile" means a distance of 1852 meters (6076.10333 . . . U.S. Survey Feet or approximately 6076.11549 International Feet);
(b) "Marine league" means a distance of three geographical miles;
(c) Plane coordinates refer to the Texas Coordinate Systems, South Zone or South Central Zone, as indicated.
(d) Latitudes and longitudes refer to the North American 1927 Datum.
(e) All distances referred to herein are expressed at grid scale, Texas Plane Coordinate Systems.
4. The Court retains jurisdiction to entertain such further proceedings, enter such orders, and issue such writs as may from time to time be deemed necessary or advisable to give proper force and effect to this decree, or to the decree of December 12, 1960, herein, or to effectuate the rights of the parties in the premises.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL took no part in the consideration or formulation of this Supplemental Decree.
