three leagues
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 389 U.S. 155 - United States v. Louisiana · 1968Most cited · 26 citing opinions
artificial extensions of land such as the jetties that are at issue in this case.
How often courts cite the case defining “three leagues”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “three leagues” — 26 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.