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Low-tide elevation

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 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 “Low-tide elevation”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Low-tide elevation” — 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.