[465] Virginia v. West Virginia, 220 U.S. 1 (1911). This case is also significant for Justice Holmes' statement that, "The case is to be considered in the untechnical spirit proper for dealing with a quasi-international controversy, remembering that there is no municipal code governing the matter, and that this Court may be called on to adjust differences that cannot be dealt with by Congress or disposed of by the legislature of either State alone." Ibid. 27.
[466] Kentucky v. Indiana, 281 U.S. 163 (1930).
[467] Texas v. Florida et al., 306 U.S. 398 (1939).
[468] Pennsylvania and Ohio v. West Virginia, 262 U.S. 553 (1923).
[469] 12 Pet. 657 (1838).
[470] 6 Wheat. 264, 378 (1821).
[471] 291 U.S. 286 (1934).
[472] Massachusetts v. Missouri, 308 U.S. 1, 15-16 (1939), citing Florida v. Mellon, 273 U.S. 12 (1927).
[473] 306 U.S. 398 (1939).
[474] 308 U.S. 1, 17, citing Oklahoma v. Atchison, T. & S.F.R. Co., 220 U.S. 277, 286 (1911), and Oklahoma v. Cook, 304 U.S. 387, 394 (1938). See also New Hampshire v. Louisiana, 108 U.S. 76 (1883), which held that a State cannot bring a suit on behalf of its citizens to collect on bonds issued by another State, and Louisiana v. Texas, 176 U.S. 1 (1900), which held that a State cannot sue another to prevent maladministration of quarantine laws.