Morris v. United States

Morris v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 26–28, and 31; November 1–4, and 7, 1898 Decided May 1, 1899
Full case name	Morris et al. v. United States
Citations	174 U.S. 196 (more) 19 S. Ct. 649; 43 L. Ed. 946; 1899 U.S. LEXIS 1495
Case history
Prior	On appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · Horace Gray David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown George Shiras Jr. · Edward D. White Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna
Case opinions
Majority	Shiras, joined by Fuller, Harlan, Brewer, Brown
Dissent	White, joined by Peckham
Gray and McKenna took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Morris v. United States, 174 U.S. 196 (1899), is a 5-to-2 ruling by the United States Supreme Court which held that the bed under the Potomac River between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia belonged to the United States government rather than nearby private landowners on the District of Columbia side.