Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Dry Tortugas<br/>
Date: Dec 08, 2003 @ 03:18<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2055804406">In the decree in UNITED STATES v. FLORIDA, 425 U.S. 791 (1975), the Supreme<br/>
Court said:<br/>
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5. For the purpose of this decree, the Gulf of Mexico lies to the north and<br/>
west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, of a line that begins at a<br/>
point on the northern coast of the island of Cuba in 83° west longitude, and<br/>
extends thence to the northward along that meridian of longitude to 24°35&#39; north<br/>
latitude, thence eastward along that parallel of latitude through Rebecca Shoal<br/>
and the Quicksands Shoal to the Marquesas Keys, and thence through the Florida<br/>
Keys to the mainland at the eastern end of Florida Bay, the line so running that<br/>
the narrow waters within the Dry Tortugas Islands, the Marquesas Keys, and the<br/>
Florida Keys, and between the Florida Keys and the mainland, are within the Gulf<br/>
of Mexico.<br/>
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This line was proposed in a Report of the Special Master filed with the court<br/>
February 19, 1974.  The master&#39;s report is apparently not available on-line, so<br/>
I am unable to analyze his rationale.<br/>
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Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> ----- Original Message ----- <br/>
From: &quot;m06079&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:barbaria_longa@...">barbaria_longa@...</a>&gt;<br/>
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Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:47 PM<br/>
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Dry Tortugas<br/>
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&gt; thanx<br/>
&gt; thats much better<br/>
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&gt; & so why would you suppose the cut lines run both ways now </span></blockquote></div>