Consumptive use
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
Diversions from the stream less such return flow thereto as is available for consumptive use in the United States or in satisfaction of the Mexican Treaty obligation.
How often courts cite the case defining “Consumptive use”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Consumptive use” — 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.