Author: Alex J. Fehr
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Languages : en
Pages : 125
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Some Legal Aspects of the Submerged Lands ("tidelands Oil") Controversy in the Congress
The Tidelands Oil Controversy
Author: Ernest R. Bartley
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477307206
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
This study is not written from the narrow perspective of “Who gets the oil?” It is a thoughtful probing of an issue—the ownership and control of the submerged soils of the marginal sea—the outcome of which may go far to determine the division of powers between states and nation under the American federal system. American constitutional law, international law, theory of federalism, American politics, the machinations of pressure groups, use of propaganda techniques, and issues of social and economic policy—all these features of American government and many more are inherent in the controversy. In 1947, in a precedent-making decision, the Supreme Court enunciated the principle that the federal government, not the states, has “paramount rights in and power over” the marginal seas which border the coastal states, and has “full dominion over the resources under that water area, including oil.” For more than 150 years the littoral states had exercised uncontested jurisdiction and ownership over the marginal-sea area, subject only to the powers specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution. The states had regulated the fisheries within the three-mile limit, applying state laws to vessels licensed under federal statutes. Long before oil possibilities were thought of, they had granted or leased areas in the marginal seas to private persons and corporations for purposes of land reclamation and harbor development, dredging for sand and gravel, development of oyster beds, and similar projects. These property rights can far exceed in value the wealth to be derived from petroleum. A just settlement of the issue, says the author, calls for restoration to the states of control of the marginal sea out to their historical boundaries—three miles in most cases; three leagues, or ten and one-half miles, in the case of Texas and the west coast of Florida. This study is based upon thorough investigation of all literature on the subject and personal interviews and correspondence with leaders on both sides of the controversy.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477307206
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
This study is not written from the narrow perspective of “Who gets the oil?” It is a thoughtful probing of an issue—the ownership and control of the submerged soils of the marginal sea—the outcome of which may go far to determine the division of powers between states and nation under the American federal system. American constitutional law, international law, theory of federalism, American politics, the machinations of pressure groups, use of propaganda techniques, and issues of social and economic policy—all these features of American government and many more are inherent in the controversy. In 1947, in a precedent-making decision, the Supreme Court enunciated the principle that the federal government, not the states, has “paramount rights in and power over” the marginal seas which border the coastal states, and has “full dominion over the resources under that water area, including oil.” For more than 150 years the littoral states had exercised uncontested jurisdiction and ownership over the marginal-sea area, subject only to the powers specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution. The states had regulated the fisheries within the three-mile limit, applying state laws to vessels licensed under federal statutes. Long before oil possibilities were thought of, they had granted or leased areas in the marginal seas to private persons and corporations for purposes of land reclamation and harbor development, dredging for sand and gravel, development of oyster beds, and similar projects. These property rights can far exceed in value the wealth to be derived from petroleum. A just settlement of the issue, says the author, calls for restoration to the states of control of the marginal sea out to their historical boundaries—three miles in most cases; three leagues, or ten and one-half miles, in the case of Texas and the west coast of Florida. This study is based upon thorough investigation of all literature on the subject and personal interviews and correspondence with leaders on both sides of the controversy.
The tidelands oil controversy A legal and historical analysis
Title to Submerged Oil Lands
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Petroleum in submerged lands
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum in submerged lands
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Submerged Oil Lands
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 4
Publisher:
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Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 2.
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Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 2.
Submerged Oil Lands
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 4
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Category : Petroleum in submerged lands
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 2.
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum in submerged lands
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Committee Serial No. 2.
Title to Submerged Oil Lands
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum in submerged lands
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 16.
Publisher:
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Category : Petroleum in submerged lands
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Committee Serial No. 16.
Submerged Lands ...
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A Primer on the Tidelands Controversy and Louisiana's Experience in the Dispute
Author: Louisiana. Department of the Attorney General
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Category : Submerged lands
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Publisher:
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Category : Submerged lands
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Submerged Oil Lands
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description