Subject: Re: Boundaries through urban areas
Date: Nov 08, 2003 @ 16:58
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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> Yes, I have read in the past about the jurisdictions in the NJNYport area, and
> I seem to remember that it says that NY has jurisdiction over shipsin certain
> NJ waters and vice versa. Is there any actual concurrentjurisdiction, whereby
> a person is subject to obey the laws of BOTH states?involving boundary
>
> There are a number of interstate agreements, almost always
> waters, where officers of both states are empowered to enforce thelaws of
> either state depending on location in relation to the boundary, butthis still
> isn't non-exclusive concurrent jurisdiction of the laws (à laTexarkana). Are
> there any other direct analogies?i think the menh piscataqua harbor area deal is the only other really
>states. I have
> Oh, congrats on your fine work all down through the mid-Atlantic
> followed with rapt attention.thanx & i know you are all here at play with me too
>says
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 3:53 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Boundaries through urban areas
>
>
> > well this keeps sliding downhill in a way
> > because there actually is also a port of njny authority condo
> > & many similarly functional condos by other names
> > jurisdictional & otherwise
> > so on reflection i dont think this situation is really up to our
> > highest standards
> > tho your research certainly is top flite
> > & i appreciate the clarity
> >
> > also i think there may be another constitutional provision that
> > any dispute resolved by the supreme court is not subject theit
> > congressional approval
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > This situation comes down to what exactly does and does not
> > constitute a
> > > condominium. In the beginning of this discussion, I said that
> > is "somethingwhat
> > > of a condominium."
> > >
> > > First: The Bi-state Criminal Justice Center Compact creates
> > can beareas"
> > > described as a condominium of non-exclusive concurrent
> > jurisdictions, but it
> > > also speaks of the "geographical boundary" and "geographical
> > of theeffects
> > > states within the center--even as it negates all practical
> > of the same.Criminal
> > > To quote the compact, each state "hereby relinquishes exclusive
> > jurisdiction
> > > over the portion of the plant and facility of the Bi-State
> > Justicethe
> > > Center which is located within the geographical boundary of the
> > said state, [and
> > > they] hereby recognize the existence of concurrent jurisdiction
> > over the
> > > geographical areas of both states which are within the Bi-State
> > Criminal Justice
> > > Center."
> > >
> > > Second: I was under the impression (from the clear wording of
> > USall
> > > Constitution in the last clause of Article 1, section 10) that
> > interstatefigured
> > > compacts required the consent of the Congress. I had not
> > on the SupremeU.S.
> > > Court's 1893 decision otherwise in Virginia v. Tennessee (148
> > 503), thatlaw by
> > > only some interstate compacts require the consent of Congress.
> > Section 10 of
> > > the BCJC Compact says that it is effective when enacted into
> > both states.http://tinyurl.com/u3za ),
> > > No mention is made of the Congress.
> > >
> > > Third: In the case of Wyatt v. State (
> > the Court ofkilled a
> > > Criminal Appeals of Texas dealt with some of these questions.
> > Wyatt was a
> > > corrections officer for Bowie County, Texas, who raped and
> > little boyand
> > > in Texas in 1997. While voluntarily within the BCJC, he was
> > questioned by Texas
> > > authorities in the Arkansas portion of the building, where he
> > confessed and was
> > > arrested. On appeal, his lawyer sought to have the confession
> > arrestthe
> > > suppressed because they had occurred in Arkansas and to have the
> > statutes
> > > authorizing Texas jurisdiction throughout the building declared
> > unconstitutional
> > > for lack of Congressional consent to change the state boundary.
> > The court
> > > upheld Wyatt's conviction and sentence to death by lethal
> > injection, stating
> > > that the laws clearly authorized Texas jurisdiction throughout
> > building, butcondominium,
> > > that "The language of the statute does not attempt to alter the
> > state borders."
> > >
> > > So, the BCJC might properly be called a jurisdictional
> > but not aadmitted.
> > > geographical condominium--if such a distinction could be
> > While thiscountry.
> > > might leave us without any new tripoints in the strictest sense,
> > there are still
> > > tripoints at the junctions of exclusive Arkansas jurisdiction,
> > exclusive Texas
> > > jurisdiction, and the concurrent jurisdiction of both. However
> > imperfect the
> > > BCJC might be as a condominium, it is still unique in this
> > >aerial
> > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
> > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 9:44 AM
> > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Boundaries through urban areas
> > >
> > >
> > > > many thanxxx
> > > > & comments intertwingled
> > > >
> > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> > > > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > > > Attached (and also at www.mexlist.com/bp/bcjc.jpg ) is an
> > > > photo map thaton
> > > > > I have made to show the Bi-state Criminal Justice Center
> > > > condominium.
> > > > >
> > > > > The placement of the boundary around the condominium is
> > predicated
> > > > upon the
> > > > > statement in the compact that it embodies "the plant and
> > > > facilities" of the
> > > > > BCJC. My interpretation is that this includes the property
> > > > which thebeing
> > > > > building is situated.
> > > >
> > > > good
> > > > i agree
> > > > & this means the tripoints can be made without having to even
> > visit
> > > > the er plant
> > > >
> > > > From my on-site observations, that property appears to be
> > > > > three-quarters of the city block, the remaining quarter
> > > > occupied by abuilding
> > > > > tall, slim, boarded-up old hotel building. The divided
> > > > across Frontthe
> > > > > Street south of the BCJC is the railroad station. North of
> > > > BCJC, thethrough
> > > > > boundary is shown correctly as it crosses the corner of the
> > > > sidewalks at the
> > > > > corner of Pine and Broad Streets.
> > > > >
> > > > > Before the BCJC was built, State Line Avenue continued
> > thenorth
> > > > block on
> > > > > which it sits--even with the corner of the block to the
> > > > jutting into it asfront of
> > > > > it does. State Line Avenue ended into Front Street in
> > theAvenue
> > > > railroad
> > > > > station by the east corner of the tall old hotel. The main
> > > > uncertainty in my
> > > > > mind is whether the right-of-way of the former State Line
> > > > might have beenthe
> > > > > included in the BCJC property. If that is the case, then
> > > > boundary betweenhotel
> > > > > Arkansas and the condominium along the edge of Front Street
> > would
> > > > extend all the
> > > > > way to the ARTX boundary near the corner of the tall old
> > > > instead ofdefinitively
> > > > > jutting northwestward to an acute angle. It would probably
> > take a
> > > > search of
> > > > > local cadastral records to answer this question and
> > > > place thethe
> > > > > tripoint.
> > > >
> > > > both tripoints might however be probed for in the street first
> > > > just to see what factors might be at issue
> > > >
> > > > but before that
> > > > i would like to find out whether the federal congress has ever
> > > > ratified this agreement
> > > >
> > > > because if not
> > > > & insofar as the compact alters the character & location of
> > statemoved
> > > > line
> > > > then it is not yet constitutionally legal
> > > >
> > > > in which case the artx state line has never really legally
> > antripoints
> > > > inch
> > > > nor opened up to admit this common territory in its midst
> > > > nor produced in fact these arartxtxn & arartxtxs condo
> > > >http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> > > >
> > > > Therefore, my map is an approximation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >
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