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Michigan, 297 U.S. 547 (1936), settled a territorial dispute between Wisconsin and Michigan. The 1836 boundary description between Wisconsin and Michigan described the line through northwest Lake Michigan as "the most usual ship channel". This description needed clarification as two routes were in use into Green Bay.
The most significant dispute remaining after the Chamizal Settlement in 1963 involved the location of the boundary in the area of Presidio, Texas, and Ojinaga, Chihuahua. The river channel was relocated to approximate conditions existing prior to the dispute that arose from changes in the course of the river in 1907.
A series of defined lines and arcs were laid out by statute to settle the disputes, the most famous of which was the Mason–Dixon line. The Wedge was left out of all three colonies (and later U.S. states ), and remained a matter of dispute until it was formally resolved to assign the Wedge to Delaware in 1921.
The border dispute was first discovered in 2009, while officials in Texas were investigating invasive zebra mussels. Can a new survey settle a 14-year border dispute between Oklahoma and Texas ...
The Chamizal dispute was a border conflict over a parcel of land between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. The dispute was resolved by Chamizal settlement in 1963. The Ojinaga Cut was a disputed parcel of land between Presidio, Texas, and Ojinaga, Chihuahua. The dispute was resolved by the Boundary Treaty of 1970.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers. In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled ...
This category contains articles about disputes over the location of the borders of the state of Texas and its predecessor the Republic of Texas. Pages in category "Texas border disputes" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Map of the Chamizal settlement of 1963. The Chamizal dispute was an international land and boundary conflict over contested land (estimates range from 600 to 1,600 acres [240–650 ha; 2.4–6.5 km 2]) along the Mexico–United States border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. [1]