Perfected right
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 376 U.S. 340 - State of Arizona v. State of California · 1964Most cited · 132 citing opinions
A water right acquired in accordance with state law, which right has been exercised by the actual diversion of a specific quantity of water that has been applied to a defined area of land or to definite municipal or industrial works, and in addition shall include water rights created by the reservation of mainstream water for the use of federal establishments under federal law whether or not the water has been applied to beneficial use.
How often courts cite the case defining “Perfected right”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Perfected right” — 132 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.