TEXAS V. LOUISIANA, 410 U. S. 702 (1973)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Texas v. Louisiana, 410 U.S. 702 (1973)
Texas v. Louisiana
No. 36, Orig.
Argued December 11, 1972
Decided March 20, 1973
410 U.S. 702
Syllabus
The Special Master's Report, to the extent that it recommends that the relevant boundary between Texas and Louisiana be the geographic middle of Sabine Pass, Lake, and River (collectively Sabine) and not the west bank or the middle of the main channel and that all islands in the east half of the Sabine when Louisiana was admitted as a State in 1812, or thereafter formed, should be awarded to Louisiana, is adopted; decision on the Report with respect to islands in the west half of the Sabine existing in 1812 or thereafter formed, is deferred pending further proceedings, in which the United States is invited to participate, and which the Special Master is to conduct. Pp. 410 U. S. 704-714.
WHITE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C.J., and BRENNAN, STEWART, MARSHALL, BLACKMUN, POWELL, and REHNQUIST, JJ., joined. DOUGLAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, post, p. 410 U. S. 714.