United States v. Florida’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. As against the State of Florida, the United States is entitled to all the lands, minerals, and other natural resources underlying the Atlantic Ocean more than three geographic miles seaward from the coastline of that state and extending seaward to the edge of the continental shelf, and the State of Florida is not entitled to any interest of such lands, minerals, and resources. As used in this decree, the term ‘coastline’ means the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters, as determined under the convention on the territory sea and the contiguous zone, 15 U.S.T. (Pt. 2) 1606.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 556 F. Supp. 1319 - Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel

2. “all the lands, minerals, and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico extending seaward a distance of 3 marine leagues from its coastline or its historic coastline, whichever is landward, but for not less than 3 geographic miles from its coastline”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kirvin