Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. The question for decision is whether federal or state law controls the ownership of land, called accretion, grad *291 ually deposited by the ocean on adjoining upland property conveyed by the United States prior to statehood. The circumstances that give rise to the question are these. Prior to 1889 al…
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