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1973 Jessup Competition

Case Concerning a Dispute Over Fishing Rights

Statler-Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Jessup World Cup Champion: West Virginia University (USA)

Runner-Up: Brunel University (United Kingdom)

Final Round Judges:
Hon. William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court
Myers S. McDougal, Yale Law School
H.E. Arvid Prado, Minister of Oceanic Affairs for Malta and former Ambassador to the United Nations

Problem Author: H. Gary Knight

Jessup Fellow: Carol Per Lee Plumb

Administrative Assistant: Sarah R. Nagler


Best Oralist (Championship Round): James E. Roark, West Virginia University

Best Oralist (Intl Rounds): Niloufer Vishnu Bhagwat, Bombay University (India)

Best Oralist (US Rounds): Timothy Noel Smith, California Western University

Best Memorial (Alona E. Evans Award): State University of Utrecht (Netherlands)

Best Memorial (US Rounds): (tie) California Western University Vanderbilt University

Best Memorial (US Regional Rounds, Rutgers Award): Washington and Lee University


Number of Teams Worldwide: 94

Number of Teams at International Rounds: 17

Number of Countries: 11

Number of Countries at International Rounds: 11