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Citation: 420 U.S. 515

1. United States v. Maine, No. 35, Orig., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, February 24-25, 1975, Argued , March 17, 1975, Decided

OVERVIEW: States bordering the Atlantic Ocean were not entitled to exclusive dominion over seabed and subsoil underlying such waters because paramount rights to lands underlying the marginal sea were incident to national sovereignty and their control and disposition in the first instance were the business of the federal government rather than the states.


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