The Nation - News from Oct. 17, 1986
A New Jersey appeals court, saying state courts lack jurisdiction, has upheld a ruling that rejected the lawsuit brought by Rep. Frank J. Guarini (D-N.J.), who seeks to deny New York sovereignty over Liberty Island, site of the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island, home to generations of immigrants. Guarini’s 1984 suit sought to abrogate an 1834 agreement between New York and New Jersey, which set boundaries between the two states, because the accord improperly gave New York sovereignty.
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