# Any Disputed US State Borders?

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**Created:** [November 2, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-disputed-us-state-borders/770437 "2016-11-02T13:52:28Z")\
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Although no land boundaries were in dispute, there was a disagreement between states like Rhode Island and the Federal Government over who controlled the waters of Long Island and Block Island Sounds. [In 1985 the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Maine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Maine) that Long Island was not a natural island and that Long Island Sound was therefore a juridical bay under Article 7(6). Thus the waters west of the line from Montauk Point to Watch Hill Point are internal state waters.

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