Per Curiam
and Decree.
Upon consideration of the Report filed June 7, 1965, by Senior Judge Marvin Jones, Special Master, and the exceptions thereto, it is now adjudged, ordered, and decreed as follows:
(1) All exceptions are overruled and the Report is in all things confirmed.
(2) The true boundary between the States of Louisiana and Mississippi in the area of the Mississippi River known as Deadman’s Bend on the several dates mentioned is determined to be as follows:
At all times the live thalweg has been the true boundary.
On October 3, 1952, the live thalweg was a gradually curving line running southward from the foot of Glass-cock Cutoff, and east of the future location of Louisiana State Well No. 1 by 230 feet, to the end of Deadman’s Bend at range 334.5 AHP. This line is described below by latitude and longitude and is drawn on Special Master Exhibit No. 1.
On April 10, 1964, the live thalweg was a gradually curving line running southward from the foot of Glass-cock Cutoff, and west of Louisiana State Well No. 1 by 850 feet, to the end of Deadman’s Bend at range 334.5 AHP. This line is described below by latitude and longitude and is drawn on Special Master Exhibit No. 1.
At all times between October 3, 1952, and April 10, 1964, the live thalweg has moved at a constant rate. The boundary location for any intervening period at any point in Deadman’s Bend (from the foot of Glasscock Cutoff to range 334.5 AHP) is to be determined mathematically by calculating the constant rate of change for that particular place in Deadman’s Bend, using the 1952 and 1964 thalwegs described heretofore and the appropriate time differentials.
At the latitude of Louisiana State Well No. 1 the location of the boundary was as follows from October 3, 1952, to April 10, 1964:
October 3, 1952 ................ 230 feet east of well
April 27, 1954 .................. 80 feet east of well
February 27, 1955.............. Directly above the well
April 10, 1956.................. 102 feet west of well
April 10, 1957.................. 195 feet west of well
April 10, 1958.................. 289 feet west of well
April 10, 1959.................. 382 feet west of well
April 10, 1960.................. 476 feet west of well
April 10, 1961.................. 569 feet west of well
April 10, 1962 .................. 663 feet west of well
April 10, 1963 .................. 756 feet west of well
April 10, 1964.................. 850 feet west of well
The Louisiana State Well No. 1 became located inside the boundary of Mississippi on February 28, 1955.
The description of the October 3, 1952, live thalweg by geodetic positions (North American Datum) is as follows:
Beginning at the foot of Glasscock Cutoff at a point on range 338.3 AHP, which is Lat. 31°19'07.0"— Long. 91°30'33.5".
Thence running southward through the following points:
Latitude Longitude
91°30'37.0" 31°18'57.5"
91°30'39.0" 31018'47.5"
91°30'40.0" 31°18'37.0"
91°30'39.5" 3V1&'27.W'
91°30'39.0" 31°18'17.0"
91°30'38.0" 31°18'07.0"
91°30'38.0" 31°17'57.5"
91°30'38.0" 31°17/47.0"
91°30'37.0" 31°17/37.0,/
91°30'36.5" 31° 17'27.0"
91°30'36.0" 31°17'17.0"
91°30'35.0" 31°17,07.0"
91°30'33.5" 31016'57.5"
91°30'32.5" 31°16'4:7.0"
91°30'34.0" 31°16'42.5"
91°30'37.0" 31°16'38.0"
91°30'43.0" srie^ob"
91°30'51.0" 31°16,22.5,/
91°31'00.0" 31016'17.0"
9io3i'io.o" 31°16'12.0"
91°31'21.0" 31°16,08.0"
91°31'32.0" 31°16'05.5"
91o31'42.0" 31016'03.5"
The description of the April 10, 1964, live thalweg by geodetic positions (North American Datum) is as follows:
Beginning at the foot of Glasscock Cutoff at a point on range 338.3 AHP, which is Lat. 31°19'07.0"— Long. 91°30'38.5".
Thence running southward through the following points:
Latitude Longitude
91°30'40.5" 31°18'57.5"
91°30'42.5" 3i°i8'48.o"
91°30'44.0" 31°18'38.0"
91°30'46.0" 31°18'28.0"
91°30'47.0" 3i°i8T8.5"
91°30'48.5" 31°18'08.5"
91°30'50.0" 31°17'59.0"
91°30'52.0" 31°17'49.0"
91°30'52.5" 31°17'39.0"
91°30'52.5" 31°17'29.5"
91°30'52.5" 31°17/20.0'/
91°30'52.0" 31°17'10.0"
91°30'52.0" 31°17'00.5"
91°30'52.5" 31°16'51.0"
91°30'53.0" 31°16'41.0"
91°30'55.0" 31°16'36.0"
9i°30'58.0" 31°16'32.0"
91°31'04.5" 31°16'24.0"
91°31'11.5" 31°16'16.0"
91°31'18.5" 3i°i6'09.0"
91°31'28.0" 31°16'03.0"
91°31'38.0" 31°15'59.0"
(3) As it appears that the Special Master has completed his work, he is hereby discharged with the thanks of the Court.
(4) The costs of this suit are to be equally divided between the two States.
What follows is an opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States. Your task is to determine the ideological "direction" of the decision ("liberal", "conservative", or "unspecifiable"). Use "unspecifiable" if the issue does not lend itself to a liberal or conservative description (e.g., a boundary dispute between two states, real property, wills and estates), or because no convention exists as to which is the liberal side and which is the conservative side (e.g., the legislative veto). Specification of the ideological direction comports with conventional usage. In the context of issues pertaining to criminal procedure, civil rights, First Amendment, due process, privacy, and attorneys, consider liberal to be pro-person accused or convicted of crime, or denied a jury trial, pro-civil liberties or civil rights claimant, especially those exercising less protected civil rights (e.g., homosexuality), pro-child or juvenile, pro-indigent pro-Indian, pro-affirmative action, pro-neutrality in establishment clause cases, pro-female in abortion, pro-underdog, anti-slavery, incorporation of foreign territories anti-government in the context of due process, except for takings clause cases where a pro-government, anti-owner vote is considered liberal except in criminal forfeiture cases or those where the taking is pro-business violation of due process by exercising jurisdiction over nonresident, pro-attorney or governmental official in non-liability cases, pro-accountability and/or anti-corruption in campaign spending pro-privacy vis-a-vis the 1st Amendment where the privacy invaded is that of mental incompetents, pro-disclosure in Freedom of Information Act issues except for employment and student records. In the context of issues pertaining to unions and economic activity, consider liberal to be pro-union except in union antitrust where liberal = pro-competition, pro-government, anti-business anti-employer, pro-competition, pro-injured person, pro-indigent, pro-small business vis-a-vis large business pro-state/anti-business in state tax cases, pro-debtor, pro-bankrupt, pro-Indian, pro-environmental protection, pro-economic underdog pro-consumer, pro-accountability in governmental corruption, pro-original grantee, purchaser, or occupant in state and territorial land claims anti-union member or employee vis-a-vis union, anti-union in union antitrust, anti-union in union or closed shop, pro-trial in arbitration. In the context of issues pertaining to judicial power, consider liberal to be pro-exercise of judicial power, pro-judicial "activism", pro-judicial review of administrative action. In the context of issues pertaining to federalism, consider liberal to be pro-federal power, pro-executive power in executive/congressional disputes, anti-state. In the context of issues pertaining to federal taxation, consider liberal to be pro-United States and conservative pro-taxpayer. In miscellaneous, consider conservative the incorporation of foreign territories and executive authority vis-a-vis congress or the states or judcial authority vis-a-vis state or federal legislative authority, and consider liberal legislative veto. In interstate relations and private law issues, consider unspecifiable in all cases.