60. 394 U.S. II (1969) 



61. For example, Louisiana had claimed that Breton and Chandeleur islands delineated 

 the baseline of Louisiana and that the territorial sea must be measured out three 

 miles from their shore. International law disapproves such a claim, granting a coastal 

 state only a three mile ring around islands that are greater than three miles 

 offshore. See , Guste and Ellis , Louisiana Tidelands Past and Future , 21 Loy. L. Rev. 

 817, at lli 



62. United States v. Louisiana , U.S. , U.S.L.W. 4825 (1981) 



63. Id., at 4825 



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