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281 U.S. 109

50 S. Ct. 247

74 L. Ed. 731

Docket No. 6, Original.

Oklahoma v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

Report submitted October 14, 1929.

Decree entered March 17, 1930.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1930-03-17

Relies on State of Oklahoma v. State of Texas (United States, Intervener) · State of Oklahoma v. State of Texas · State of Oklahoma v. State of Texas

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Decided 1930-03-17

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Cited by 554 later decisions (20 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2017 · most notably Commissioner v. Sunnen (1948), Helvering v. Clifford (1940)

190 federal appellate · 18 district · 31 state decisions — followed in 19 states

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¶1*110Per Curiam.

¶2On consideration of the report dated July 16, 1929, of Samuel S. Gannett, Commissioner, heretofore designated to run, locate and mark the boundary between the State of Oklahoma and the State of Texas along the true 100th meridian of longitude west from Greenwich as determined by the decree of January 3, 1927 (273 U. S. 93), modified by the decree of March 5, 1928 (276 U. S. 596), showing that he has run, located and marked such boundary;

¶3And no objection or exception to such report being presented, and the time therefor having expired;

¶4It is now adjudged, ordered and decreed as follows:

¶51. The said report is in all things confirmed.

¶62. The boundary line delineated and set forth in said report and on the accompanying maps is established and declared to be the true boundary between the States of Texas and Oklahoma along said meridian.

¶73. The clerk of this Court shall transmit to the Chief Magistrates of the States of Texas and Oklahoma and the Secretary of the Interior copies of this decree, duly authenticated under the seal of this Court, together with copies of said report and of the accompanying maps.

¶84. As it appears that the said Commissioner has completed his work conformably to said decrees, he is hereby discharged.

¶95. The clerk of this Court shall distribute and deliver to the Chief Magistrates of the States of Texas and Oklahoma and the Secretary of the Interior all copies of the said report made by the Commissioner, with the accom*111panying maps, now in the clerk’s hands, save that he shall retain twenty copies of each for purposes of certification and other needs that may arise in his office.

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