Rhode Island v. Massachusetts

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 21, 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

Holding

Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over a suit by one state against another over their shared border

Court membership

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney

Associate Justices Joseph Story · Smith Thompson John McLean · Henry Baldwin James M. Wayne · Philip P. Barbour John Catron · John McKinley

Case opinions

Dissent

Taney

Story took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

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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