Interstate Disputes

Joseph F. Zimmerman

Description

With respect to "controversies between two or more states," the U.S. Constitution grants original jurisdiction to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in 1789 Congress made exclusive the Court's jurisdiction over interstate disputes. In this book, Joseph F. Zimmerman examines the role of the Supreme Court in settling disputes between states, the criteria developed by the Court to determine whether its original jurisdiction should be invoked, and the function of special masters, who, as adjuncts to the Court, facilitate negotiated settlements or provide the factual information needed by the Court to render sound decisions. Zimmerman analyzes a wide range of specific disputes, from boundary lines to financial matters to water allocation, diversion, and pollution. To alleviate the Court's exceptionally heavy and critically important appellate workload, the author proposes alternative mechanisms for resolving controversies between sister states, including interstate boundary compacts, interstate regulatory compacts, and several congressional initiatives.

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. The United States Supreme Court

2. Discretionary Original Jurisdiction

3. The Special Master

4. The Court’s Boundary Decisions

5. Escheats and Taxation Controversies

6. Interstate Water Controversies

7. Miscellaneous Court Decisions

8. Alternative Resolution of Interstate Controversies

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• USA
• United States of America
• Central government
• Region
• Regional
• Central
• États-Unis
• National

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 16 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791481417
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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i n t e r s t a t e DISPUTES The Supreme Court’s Original Jurisdiction

JOSEPH F. ZIMMERMAN

Interstate Disputes

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Interstate Disputes

The Supreme Court’s Original Jurisdiction

Joseph F. Zimmerman

State University of New York Press

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Zimmerman, Joseph Francis, 1928– Interstate disputes : the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction / Joseph F. Zimmerman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-6833-X (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Interstate controversies—United States. 2. United States. Supreme Court. 3. Jurisdiction—United States. I. Title.

KF4615.Z56 2006 342.73'0413—dc22

ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6833-3

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For Peggy

In Appreication of Her Continuing Support

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Contents

The United States Supreme Court

Discretionary Original Jurisdiction

The Special Master

The Court’s Boundary Decisions

Escheats and Taxation Controversies

Interstate Water Controversies

Miscellaneous Court Decisions

Alternative Resolution of Interstate Controversies

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Preface

My long-standing interest in the United States federal system and interstate relations in particular led me to conduct research on the original jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court over interstate disputes. The research led to an important question: Do effective alternatives to the Supreme Court’s adjudication of such controversies exist? My research reveals the answer is “yes” for many types of controversies. Interstate competition, conflict, and cooperation are products of a con- federate or a federal system of governance as semiautonomous states may employ their constitutional powers to promote their respective self-interests at the expense of sister states. In consequence, framers of a federal constitution incorporate provisions designed to encourage cooperative and harmonious interstate relations by requiring each state to grant full faith and credit to the statutes, records, and final judgments of sister state courts, extend privileges and immunities to sojourners, require a state to return a fugitive from justice to the requesting state, and authorize two or more states to enter into inter- state compacts with the consent of Congress. These provisions are based upon the theory of cooperative relations between states. The framers of the U.S. Constitution were keenly aware of interstate dis- putes, generally over boundary lines, under the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and recognized fully the need for a judicial panel to settle con- tentious disputes when the new federal system is instituted. In consequence, they incorporated section 1 of Article III in the U.S. Constitution vesting “(t)he judicial power of the United States in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” Section 2 of Article III defines the judicial power of the United States and specifically stipulates the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over “all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party” and “controversies between two or more states.” The grant is not an exclusive one and Congress in theJudiciary Act of 1789(1 Stat. 73) made exclusive the jurisdiction of the court over interstate controversies.

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