New Jersey v. Delaware
The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on November 27,
2007 in the ongoing dispute between the State of Delaware and the State
of New Jersey. The issue is a boundary dispute brought in 2005 by New
Jersey who would like to allow the company BP to build a
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on the New Jersey side of the
Delaware River. Delaware opposes the construction of the terminal for
environmental reasons and claims the right to halt the project because
Delaware controls the entire river up to the low-tide mark on the New
Jersey side of the river.
A special master appointed by the court sided with Delaware in his ruling in April of this year.
The U.S. Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over disputes between states.
The case is Original No. 134, New Jersey v. Delaware. The special masterís report can be viewed online at:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/SpecMastRpt/SpecMastRpt.html
Briefs filed in the case can be found here:
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/briefs/dec07.shtml#newjersey2