33 U.S.C. § 10
Section 10 · Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case State v. Barras (1993)
Most recently applied in Stetzer v. Logistec of Connecticut, Inc. (October 2008)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
All the navigable rivers and waters in the former Territories of Orleans and Louisiana shall be and forever remain public highways.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
R.S. §5251 derived from act Mar. 3, 1811, ch. 46, §12, 2 Stat. 606.
Cross References
Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana, declared nonnavigable, see section 21 of this title.