Virginia v. Maryland

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Virginia v. Maryland
L. Ed. 2d
1226e
Holding
Maryland has no authority to regulate or prohibit Virginia, its political subdivisions, or Virginia's residents from enjoying Virginia's riparian rights in the Potomac River. While Maryland owns the riverbed up to the low water mark of the Virginia shore, both states enjoy equal riparian rights.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
MajorityRehnquist, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer
DissentStevens, joined by Kennedy
Laws applied
Article I, Section 10, Clause 3

Virginia v. Maryland, 540 U.S. 56 (2003), is a case in which the

Maryland–Virginia Compact of 1785, an agreement between the two states concerning navigational and riparian water rights along the Potomac River.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Virginia v. Maryland, 540 U.S. 56, 60 (2003).
  2. ^ Virginia v. Maryland, 540 U.S. at 75 ("[W]e conclude that the Black-Jenkins Award gives Virginia sovereign authority, free from regulation by Maryland, to build improvements appurtenant to her shore and to withdraw water from the River, subject to the constraints of federal common law and the Award.").
  3. ^ Virginia v. Maryland, 540 U.S. at 69-72.

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