| Rhode Island v. Massachusetts | ||||||
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| Decided January, 1838 | ||||||
| Full case name | The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations v. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |||||
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| Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over a suit by one state against another over their shared border | ||||||
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The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations v. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (37 U.S. 657) (9 L Ed 1233) is a 1838 Supreme Court of the United States decision.
In this case, the Supreme 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.