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New Jerseyans' Claim To Liberty I. Rejected

New Jerseyans' Claim To Liberty I. Rejected
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The Supreme Court today refused to strip the Statue of Liberty of its status as a New Yorker. The Court, without comment, turned away a move by a two New Jerseyans to claim jurisdiction over the landmark for their state.

The appeal challenged the right of New York to keep the statue and Liberty and Ellis Islands.

Representative Frank J. Guarini, a Democrat, and Gerald McCann, who was Mayor of Jersey City, sued New York, contending New York lacked sovereignty over the islands because they are in the New Jersey half of the Hudson River. The federally owned islands are 2,000 feet off Jersey City and two miles from New York City.

The case is Guarini vs. New York.

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