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New Hampshire v. Maine

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New Hampshire v. Maine
Original jurisdiction
Argued April 19, 1977
Decided June 14, 1977
Full case nameNew Hampshire v. Maine
Citations426 U.S. 363 (more)
96 S. Ct. 2113; 48 L. Ed. 2d 701; 1976 U.S. LEXIS 60
Outcome
Consent decree stipulated between parties and agreed to by parties is permissible under Vermont v. New York, 417 U.S. 270 (1974). States are not adjusting the boundary between them, which was fixed by the 1740 decree; the consent decree simply locates precisely the already existing boundary, and neither State is enhancing its power and threatening supremacy of the Federal Government.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
MajorityBrennan, joined by Burger, Stewart, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist
DissentWhite, joined by Blackmun, Stevens

New Hampshire v. Maine, 426 U.S. 363 (1977), was an original jurisdiction case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the boundary between the states of New Hampshire and Maine was fixed by the 1740 decree of King George II of Great Britain.[1] Both sides entered into a consent decree which was accepted by the special master appointed by the Court.

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  1. ^ New Hampshire v. Maine, 426 U.S. 363 (1977).
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