498 U.S. 9
111 S.Ct. 377
112 L.Ed.2d 269
UNITED STATES of America, plaintiffv.State of LOUISIANA, et al.  No. 9, Original.
No. ____.
Supreme Court of the United States
November 5, 1990
ON BILL OF COMPLAINT

1
The Additional Supplemental Report of the Special Master, dated October 1, 1990, is received and ordered filed.  The recommended Supplemental Decree is approved.

SUPPLEMENTAL DECREE

2
By its decision of February 26, 1985, the Court overruled the exception of the United States to the Report of its Special Master herein insofar as it challenged the Master's determination that the whole Mississippi Sound constitutes historic inland waters, and, to this extent, adopted the Master's recommendations and confirmed his Report.


3
On March 1, 1988, the Court resolved the disagreement between the United States and Mississippi as to that portion of the Mississippi coastline at issue in the above- captioned litigation and directed the parties to submit to the Special Master a proposed appropriate decree defining the claims of Alabama and Mississippi with respect to Mississippi Sound.  The parties have agreed on and submitted to the Special Master a proposed decree in accordance with the Court's decision of March 1, 1988.


4
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED as follows:


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1. For the purposes of the Court's Decree herein dated December 12, 1960, 364 U.S. 502, 81 S.Ct. 258, 5 L.Ed.2d 247 (defining the boundary linebetween the submerged lands of the United States and the submerged lands of the States bordering the Gulf of Mexico), the coastline of the States of Alabama and Mississippi shall be determined on the basis that the whole of Mississippi Sound constitutes state inland waters;


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2. For the purposes of said Decree of December 12, 1960, the coastline of Alabama includes a straight line from a point on the western tip of Dauphin Island where X = 238690 and Y = 84050 in the Alabama plane coordinate system, west zone, and X = 659783.79 and Y = 204674.56 in the Mississippi plane coordinate system, east zone, to a point on the eastern tip of Petit Bois Island where X = 215985 and Y = 77920 in the Alabama plane coordinate system, west zone, and X = 637152.89 and Y = 198279.25 in the Mississippi plane coordinate system, east zone, so far as said line lies on the Alabama side of the Alabama-Mississippi boundary.


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3. For the purposes of said Decree of December 12, 1960, the coastline of Mississippi includes the following:


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(a) That portion of the straight line described in paragraph 2, above, lying on the Mississippi side of Alabama-Mississippi boundary;


9
(b) The baseline delimiting Petit Bois Island determined by the following points in the Mississippi plane coordinate system, east zone:


10
E. COORD            N. COORD.

X                        Y

11
A POINT AT                    636103.06           197409.43


12
A POINT AT                    635730.88           197167.57


13
A POINT AT                    635197.10           196848.81


14
A POINT AT                    634824.92           196606.95


15
A POINT AT                    634494.81           196403.07


16
A LINE FROM                   634116.89           196223.65


17
THROUGH                  633487.70           195977.80


18
THROUGH                  632600.10           195607.60


19
THROUGH                  631541.99           195143.47

E. COORD            N. COORD.
X                        Y

20
THROUGH                  630508.20           194904.30


21
THROUGH                  629479.90           194591.90


22
THROUGH                  628525.00           194321.70


23
THROUGH                  628401.73           194306.69


24
THROUGH                  628036.92           194289.93


25
THROUGH                  627476.60           194182.00


26
THROUGH                  626488.60           193948.10


27
THROUGH                  625932.59           193802.79


28
THROUGH                  625516.00           193766.90


29
THROUGH                  623861.36           193478.53


30
THROUGH                  622820.50           193454.10


31
THROUGH                  621823.80           193356.00


32
THROUGH                  620825.20           193257.90


33
THROUGH                  619847.89           193131.55


34
THROUGH                  618538.77           193268.72


35
THROUGH                  617735.69           193531.82


36
THROUGH                  616497.05           194054.83


37
THROUGH                  615577.50           194348.40


38
THROUGH                  614799.01           194527.45


39
THROUGH                  613600.50           194763.40


40
THROUGH                  612681.90           194895.50


41
THROUGH                  611818.33           195012.55


42
THROUGH                  611021.34           195183.22


43
THROUGH                  610184.77           195530.92


44
THROUGH                  609391.80           195685.30


45
THROUGH                  608419.90           195927.80


46
THROUGH                  607720.29           196127.06


47
THROUGH                  607475.00           196239.30


48
THROUGH                  606247.30           196809.81


49
THROUGH                  605675.10           197160.10


50
THROUGH                  604270.15           197849.15


51
THROUGH                  603527.87           198470.45


52
TO                       603006.58           199221.84 (c) A straight line from a point on the western tip of Petit Bois Island from X = 602984.74 and Y = 199379.08 in the Mississippi plane coordinate system, east zone, to a point on the eastern tip of Horn Island where X = 586698.88 and Y = 203743.22 in the same coordinate system;


53
(d) The baseline delimiting Horn Island determined by the following points in the Mississippi plane coordinate system, east zone:


54
E. COORD.           N. COORD.

X                        Y

55
A POINT AT                    586085.00           203413.20


56
A POINT AT                    585408.00           202870.40


57
A LINE FROM                   584539.17           202442.95


58
THROUGH                  583521.30           202226.50


59
THROUGH                  582523.70           201911.10


60
THROUGH                  581217.11           201559.05


61
THROUGH                  580172.00           201476.80


62
THROUGH                  578707.40           201327.16


63
THROUGH                  577716.60           201360.70


64
THROUGH                  576762.47           201326.88


65
THROUGH                  575057.04           201581.88


66
THROUGH                  573405.12           201965.02


67
THROUGH                  571199.22           202261.66


68
THROUGH                  568628.38           202769.01


69
THROUGH                  566917.90           203142.60


70
THROUGH                  564973.10           203501.30


71
THROUGH                  563121.32           203819.44


72
THROUGH                  560958.00           204028.60


73
THROUGH                  558940.70           204238.50


74
THROUGH                  557048.68           204283.26


75
THROUGH                  554930.20           204403.10


76
TO                       553435.61           204348.41


77
A LINE FROM              55197.97            204538.74


78
THROUGH                  551379.95           204841.79

E. COORD            N. COORD.
X                        Y

79
THROUGH                  550663.93           205145.88


80
THROUGH                  549562.53           205270.46


81
THROUGH                  547945.52           205663.99


82
THROUGH                  546875.90           206276.41


83
THROUGH                  545696.10           206670.80


84
THROUGH                  544396.00           207134.79


85
THROUGH                  542861.16           207556.77


86
THROUGH                  540851.48           208393.15


87
THROUGH                  539596.30           208786.30


88
TO                       538818              209086.77


89
A LINE FROM                   536831.40           209354.10


90
THROUGH                  535469.11           209055.01


91
THROUGH                  533599.69           208590.63


92
THROUGH                  532440.54           208312.06


93
THROUGH                  530361.80           207949.10


94
THROUGH                  528785.77           207676.76


95
THROUGH                  527430.00           207570.30


96
THROUGH                  526475.92           207467.20


97
THROUGH                  525672.63           207540.27


98
THROUGH                  522928.20           208196.10


99
THROUGH                  521336.78           208496.86


100
THROUGH                  520062.60           208576.80


101
THROUGH                  519137.96           208626.07


102
TO                       518074.58           209136.06


103
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104
(e) A straight line from a point on the western tip of Horn Island where X = 517785.04 and Y = 209525.13 in the same coordinate system to a point on the eastern tip of the most easterly segment of Ship Island where X = 486293.70 and Y = 208216.03 in the same coordinate system;


105
(f) The baseline delimiting the most easterly segment of Ship Island determined by the following points in the Mississippi plane coordinate system, east zone:

E. COORD.           N. COORD.
X                        Y

106
A LINE FROM                   485802.92           207647.85


107
THROUGH                  484179.80           206426.60


108
THROUGH                  482568.66           205272.72


109
THROUGH                  480844.60           204246.60


110
THROUGH                  479440.58           203436.29


111
THROUGH                  478229.70           202788.30


112
THROUGH                  476458.71           201921.54


113
THROUGH                  475542.00           201634.30


114
TO                       475218.46           201529.55


115
(g) A straight line from a point on the western tip of the easterly segment of Ship Island where X = 474673.81 and Y = 201505.68 in the same coordinate system to a point on the eastern end of the westerly segment of Ship Island where X = 469644.55 and Y = 200646.86 in the same coordinate system;


116
(h) The baseline delimiting the most westerly segment of Ship Island determined by the following points in the Mississippi plane coordinate system, east zone:


117
E. COORD.           N. COORD.

X                        Y

118
A LINE FROM                   468942.08           200226.18


119
THROUGH                  468023.27           199707.98


120
THROUGH                  466932.10           198967.80


121
THROUGH                  465591.05           198219.69


122
THROUGH                  464163.11           197420.58


123
TO                       463004.481               196885.896


124
(4) That portion of the Mississippi baseline west of the westerly segment of Ship Island determined above is the subject of a separate decree resolving Mississippi v. United States, Original No. 113.


125
(5) The baseline described in Paragraphs 2 and 3 above shall be, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, fixed as of the date of this decree, and shall from that date no longer be ambulatory.


126
(6) The parties shall bear their own costs of these proceedings;  the actual expenses of the Special Master herein and the compensation due him shall be borne half by the United States and half by Mississippi.


127
(7) After his final accounting has been approved and any balance due him has been paid, the Special Master shall be deemed discharged with the thanks of the Court.


128
(8) The Court retains jurisdiction to entertain such further proceedings, enter such orders, and issue such writs as from time to time may be deemed necessary or advisable to effectuate and supplement the decree and the rights of the respective parties.


129
Justice MARSHALL took no part in the consideration or formulation of this Supplemental Decree.

