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They disagree on whether the document transferred land ownership or merely allowed wharf construction."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 26, lines 13-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 26, lines 13-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-21"}]},{"heading":"How the case got here","paragraphs":["The Supreme Court heard oral argument in this case on November 27, 2007."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-17"}]},{"heading":"What each side wants","paragraphs":["New Jersey wants the Court to confirm it owns the subaqueous land.","Delaware wants the Court to confirm it owns the subaqueous land."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 26, lines 13-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 26, lines 13-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-21"}]},{"heading":"What each side says","paragraphs":["New Jersey argues the compact did not transfer land ownership to Delaware.","Delaware argues the compact implicitly conveyed the land to Delaware."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 26, lines 13-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 26, 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This dispute defines the scope of state police powers over shared waterways."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 26, lines 13-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 26, lines 13-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-21"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 25-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 25-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 41-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 41-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 7-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 7-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 19-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 19-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 29-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 29-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 43-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 43-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 17-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 17-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 49-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 49-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 9-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 9-39"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 39-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 39-39"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 43-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 43-51"}]}],"slug":"2007-06-134-new-jersey-v-delaware","term":"2007","title":"Does a 1905 compact transfer subaqueous land ownership between states?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 26, lines 13-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 26, lines 13-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-134orig.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-21"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}