Seaward boundaries of States
United States Code
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- 2026New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association v. Lutnick 1st Cir.
- 2022Monet v. State of Hawaii D. Haw.
- 2022Murray v. AET Inc. Ltd S.D.N.Y.
- 2022Edc v. Boem 9th Cir.
- 2021State of Alaska, Department of Revenue v. North Pacific Fishing, Inc. and U.S. Fishing LLC. Alaska
- 2021State of North Carolina v. Ross E.D.N.C.
- 2019Guzman v. Boeing Co. D. Mass.
- 2016State v. Salazar D.D.C.
- 2016Juliana v. United States D. Or.
- 2015Thompson v. United States 11th Cir.
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The seaward boundary of each original coastal State is approved and confirmed as a line three geographical miles distant from its coast line or, in the case of the Great Lakes, to the international boundary. Any State admitted subsequent to the formation of the Union which has not already done so may extend its seaward boundaries to a line three geographical miles distant from its coast line, or to the international boundaries of the United States in the Great Lakes or any other body of water traversed by such boundaries. Any claim heretofore or hereafter asserted either by constitutional provision, statute, or otherwise, indicating the intent of a State so to extend its boundaries is approved and confirmed, without prejudice to its claim, if any it has, that its boundaries extend beyond that line. Nothing in this section is to be construed as questioning or in any manner prejudicing the existence of any State’s seaward boundary beyond three geographical miles if it was so provided by its constitution or laws prior to or at the time such State became a member of the Union, or if it has been heretofore approved by Congress. (Source: (May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, § 4, 67 Stat. 31.))