Subject: Washington State Border Story
Date: Oct 29, 2001 @ 02:30
Author: Doug Murray for StockPhotosOnline.com ("Doug Murray for StockPhotosOnline.com" <dmurray@...>)
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I found the original item I had read at:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/netizen/96/53/special4a.html
 
And with a little digging, it looks like the case is still in progress.  It was on the docket for Sept 11th, but may have been changed due to the events of that day.  
 
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State Boundary-Northern Boundary-Forty-Ninth Parallel-Location by Global Positioning Systems-Discrepancy Between Location of Parallel and Marked U.S.-Canada Boundary

Whether this state's courts have jurisdiction over crimes committed south of the established border between the United States and Canada, but north of the 49th parallel as recently located using global positioning systems.

No. 69417-6, State (respondent) v. Norman (appellant). (9/11/01)

Source:  http://www.courts.wa.gov/courts/supreme/issues/2001sep.cfm#P256_13008

 

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