pier
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 404 U.S. 202 - Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law · 1971Most cited · 711 citing opinions
admiralty jurisdiction
Piers and docks were consistently deemed extensions of land; injuries inflicted to or on them were held not compensable under the maritime law.
How often courts cite the case defining “pier”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “pier” — 700 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.