Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1988-05-16

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*472 Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. The issue here is whether the State of Mississippi, when it entered the Union in 1817, took title to lands lying under waters that were influenced by the tide running in the Gulf of Mexico, but were not navigable in fact. — 1 As the Mississippi Sup…

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