Illinois v. Missouri, 399 U.S. 146 (1970)
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146
90 S.Ct. 2187
26 L.Ed.2d 487
ILLINOIS
v.
MISSOURI.
No. 18, Original.
Supreme Court of the United States
June 22, 1970
DECREE
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The Court having referred this case to a Special Master who has filed his
Report, and the parties having agreed as to the form of the decree, the Findings
of Fact and Conclusions of Law are hereby adopted, and
It is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that:
(1) The boundary line between the States of Illinois and Missouri for the
geographical area involved in this action is hereby determined and decreed to
consist of the following legal description:
Beginning at a point in present centerline of the Mississippi River at the
intersection of the centerline of the Old Mississippi River said point being
designated as the Southeasterly corner of Kaskaskia Island; thence following
the centerline of the slough which is the approximate centerline of the Old
Mississippi River, described more particularly by the following courses and
distances: 3930' W, 2100 feet; thence 5530' W, 900 feet; thence 3430'
W, 850 feet; thence N 8300' W, 500 feet; thence 6100' W, 1000 feet; thence
4230' W, 2500 feet; thence 3700' W, 4000 feet; thence 4500' W, 2000
feet; thence 5630' W, 4600 feet; thence 6300' W, 2150 feet; thence
7930' W, 1525 feet; thence N 8630' W, 4500 feet; thence N 7000' W, 5050
feet; thence N 5730' W, 3850 feet; thence N 4600' W, 1550 feet; thence N
2400' W, 5650 feet; thence N 3900' W, 1800 feet; thence N 1700' W, 1900
feet; thence N 2530' W, 3150 feet; thence N 3200' W, 1580 feet; thence N
430' W, 3250 feet; thence N 5345' E, 3300 feet; thence N 6900' E, 1050 feet;
thence 1900' E, 2350 feet; thence N 7500' E, 350 feet to a point at the
northwest corner of Kaskaskia Island; thence 4700' E, 250 feet; thence N
8100' E, 1050 feet; thence 7800' E, 600 feet; thence N 8845' E, 1551 feet;
thence N 7045' E, 709 feet; thence N 4830' E, 2986 feet; thence N 5145' E,
627 feet; thence N 8145' E, 990 feet; thence N 6245' E, 495 feet; thence N
4000' E, 2937 feet; thence N 2800' E, 528 feet; thence N 0400' E, 429 feet;
thence N 1200' W, 759 feet; thence N 600' E, 412 feet; thence N 3300' E,
264 feet; to a point which interests the centerline of a slough at the south side of
Beaver Island; thence along the centerline of said slough 8500' W, 924 feet;
thence 7900' W, 775 feet; thence N 8800' W, 1452 feet; thence N 2300' W,
825 feet; thence N 2000' W, 3000 feet to the centerline of the Mississippi
River.
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(2) In incidence to the establishment of such boundary line, and upon Missouri's
disclaimer herein, the territorial and sovereignty right claimed by Illinois to the
body of land given identification in the evidence as 'Kaskaskia Island' is hereby
confirmed as against Missouri and decreed to exist in Illinois.
(3) In further incidence to the boundary establishment made, the territorial and
sovereignty right claimed by Illinois to the body of land given identification in
the evidence as 'Beaver Island' is hereby confirmed as against Missouri and
decreed to exist in Illinois.
(4) In similar incidence, the territorial and sovereignty right claimed by
Missouri to each of the two bodies of land given identification severally in the
evidence as 'Cottonwoods' and 'Roth Island' is hereby sustained as against
Illinois and decreed to exist in Missouri.
(5) The boundary description decreed in paragraph (1) hereof is taken from
Attachment 'C' of the parties' stipulation as being agreed upon by them to be
appropriate and accurate for dispositional use in the event of and in relation to
the result here reached. The bodies of land as to which Illinois' rights are
confirmed in paragraphs (2) and (3) hereof are located on Illinois' side of the
boundary line fixed, and those as to which Missouri's rights are sustained in
paragraph (4) hereof are located upon Missouri's side thereof, so that no
separate description is here necessary as to any of these bodies in order to
effectuate the rights decreed in respect to them.
(6) The costs of the suit shall be assessed equally against the parties.
