Georgia v. South Carolina (1990)

Georgia v. South Carolina
Argued January 8, 1990
Decided June 25, 1990
Full case nameGeorgia v. South Carolina
Citations497 U.S. 376 (more)
42 S. Ct. 597; 66 L. Ed. 1069
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinions
PluralityBlackmun, joined by O'Connor, Brennan
DissentStevens, joined by Scalia
DissentWhite, joined by Marshall
DissentScalia, joined by Kennedy
DissentKennedy, joined by Rehnquist
Laws applied
Treaty of Beaufort

Georgia v. South Carolina, 497 U.S. 376 (1990), is one of a long series of U.S. Supreme Court cases determining the borders of the state of Georgia. In this case, the Court decided the exact border within the Savannah River and whether islands should be a part of Georgia or South Carolina. It also decided the seaward border.[1]

  1. ^ Georgia v. South Carolina, 497 U.S. 376, 412 (1990).

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