riparian
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 560 U.S. 702 - Stop Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection · 2010Most cited · 115 citing opinions
abutting a river or stream and "littoral" means abutting an ocean, sea, or lake.
How often courts cite the case defining “riparian”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “riparian” — 115 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.