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New Jersey v. New York
Subject: Original jurisdiction; boundary agreements between states
Decision: The justices voted 6-3 that Ellis Island is mostly in New Jersey, and should be considered mostly Ellis Island, N.J. • Read the full text of the New Jersey v. New York decision at the Findlaw Internet Legal Resources Web site. • Listen to the New Jersey v. New York oral argument in RealAudio at the Oyez Oyez Oyez Web site.
• From Both Sides of the Hudson River, States Present Claims for Ellis Island (Jan. 13, 1998) • Ellis Island, N.J. or N.Y.: This Land Is Whose Land? (Jan. 11, 1998) • Supreme Court to Hear Dispute Over Ellis Island (Sept. 30, 1997) • Supreme Court to Referee Ellis Island Tug-of-War (May 17, 1994)
Sources: The Washington Post, Supreme Court, The United States Law Week (a Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. publication)
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