Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] NYNJ - My take - OOPS!<br/>
Date: May 13, 2003 @ 01:45<br/>
Author: Arif Samad (Arif Samad &lt;fHoiberg@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1083565417">By the way, I should have been clear about something<br/>
plus I should have been read some other parts of the<br/>
supreme court case besides the history to answer my<br/>
points.  The court case does mention jurisdictional<br/>
authority, but not truly separate from the idea of<br/>
sovereign authority.  They mention that they retain<br/>
jurisdiction of the islands of Liberty and Ellis, plus<br/>
the islands on the New York Side of the water.  As one<br/>
of my previous e-mail suggests, that I take to mean<br/>
that the same sovereignty holds for Ellis island as<br/>
the islands on New York side.  I think the court would<br/>
have used different words for Ellis Island and the<br/>
islands on New York side if they were meant to have<br/>
different status, which they do not.  They also<br/>
mention sovereign authority of New York quite a few<br/>
times.  A line in the case specifically says the two<br/>
states agree that New York had obtained sovereign<br/>
authority of all the islands including Ellis Island. <br/>
Plus a decision on Arkansas vs Tennesse says that<br/>
sovereignty can be earned by long possession.<br/>
Blah, Blah, Blah.<br/>
Arif<br/>
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