UNITED STATES
v.
MAINE ET AL.

U.S. | 1970-06-08
No. 35
Mr. Justice Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of these motions.
398 U.S. 947 Supreme Court of the United States (1970) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The Court appointed a Special Master to manage the proceedings, take evidence, and submit reports.

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The parties filed motions for the appointment of a Special Master. The Court considered these motions.…

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Opinion of the Court

Motions for the appointment of a Special Master granted. It is ordered that Honorable Albert B. Maris, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, be, and he is hereby, appointed Special Master in this case with authority to fix the time and conditions for the filing of additional pleadings and to direct subsequent proceedings, and with authority to summon witnesses, issue subpoenas, and take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem it necessary to call for. The Master is directed to submit such reports as he may deem appropriate.

The Master shall be allowed his actual expenses. The allowances to him, the compensation paid to his technical, stenographic, and clerical assistants, the cost of printing his report, and all other proper expenses shall be charged against and be borne by the parties in such proportion as the Court hereafter may direct.

It is further ordered that if the position of Special Master in this case becomes vacant during a recess of Court, The Chief Justice shall have authority to make a new designation which shall have the same effect as if originally made by the Court herein.

Mr. Justice Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of these motions.

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  • United States v. Maine, 420 U.S. 515 (U.S. 1975)
    …ntered an order appointing the Honorable Albert B. Maris as Special Master and referred the case to him with authority to request further pleadings, to summon witnesses, and to take such evidence and submit such reports as he might deem appropriate. 398 U. S. 947 (1970). Before the Special Master, the United States contended that based on United States v. California, 332 U. S. 19 (1947), United States v. Louisiana, 339 U. S. 699 (1950), and United States v. Texas, 339 U. S. 707 (1950), it was entitled to j…
  • United States v. Maine, 469 U.S. 504 (U.S. 1985)
    …d and subsoil underlying the ocean beyond three geographical miles from each State’s coastline. See Submerged Lands Act of 1953, 67 Stat. 29, 43 U. S. C. § 1301 et seq. In due course, after the filing of answers, the appointment of a Special Master, 398 U. S. 947 (1970), the submission of the Master’s Report, the filing of exceptions thereto, and oral argument,3 this Court delivered its opinion, [*507] 420 U. S. 515 (1975), and entered a general decree, 423 U. S. 1 (1975). The Court there determined that the…

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