State of Oklahoma v. State of Texas. United States, Intervener
Headline: Order accepts commissioners’ report and maps marking the Red River boundary between Texas and Oklahoma, files them in the case record, and gives parties and interveners four weeks to object.
Holding: The court ordered that the commissioners’ report and maps of the Red River boundary between Texas and Oklahoma be received and filed, and set a four-week deadline for objections or exceptions.
- Files the survey report and maps as official case record.
- Gives parties and interveners four weeks to submit objections.
- Provides fifty copies available from the clerk for private interveners.
Summary
Background
Commissioners appointed to mark the boundary where the Red River separates Texas and Oklahoma completed a survey of the Fort Augur Area, running from the westerly end of the Big Bend Area to a southerly extension of the west line of range sixteen west in Oklahoma. They prepared a report and accompanying maps. Copies were sent by registered mail to the U.S. Attorney General and the attorneys general of Texas and Oklahoma, and fifty copies were left with the court clerk for private interveners who might request them.
Reasoning
The court was asked to receive and file the commissioners’ report and maps as part of the case record and to set a deadline for any objections. The court ordered the report and maps received and filed with the clerk. It also directed that any objections or exceptions to the report be presented to the court or filed with the clerk within four weeks of the order, and it modified the previously set time period accordingly.
Real world impact
The order makes the survey report and maps an official part of the court’s record in the interstate boundary matter. Landowners, governments, and other interested parties can obtain copies from the clerk and must raise any objections promptly within the four-week window. Because this order deals with filing and deadlines, it is procedural: further proceedings or rulings may follow after objections are considered.
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