Island
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 382 U.S. 448 - United States v. California · 1966Most cited · 59 citing opinions
a naturally-formed area of land surrounded by water, which is above the level of mean high water; (b) 'Low-tide elevation' means a naturally-formed area of land surrounded by water at mean lower low water, which is above the level of mean lower low water but not above the level of mean high water
How often courts cite the case defining “Island”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Island” — 59 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.