Dissent Taney | Date decided 1838 | |
Full case name The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Complainants v. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Defendant Citations 37 U.S. 657 (more)
9 L. Ed. 1233; 1838 U.S. LEXIS 372 Similar Cohens v Virginia, Virginia v West Virginia, Chisholm v Georgia | ||
Rhode Island v. Massachusetts, 37 U.S. 657 (1838), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court asserted its original jurisdiction over a suit in equity by one state against another over their shared border. The case involved a boundary dispute between Massachusetts and Rhode Island dating back to colonial times. Daniel Webster was involved in the case representing Massachusetts.
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