jus publicum
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 271 U.S. 364 - Appleby v. City of New York · 1926Most cited · 243 citing opinions
the power to preserve and regulate navigation
How often courts cite the cases defining “jus publicum”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “jus publicum” — 364 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1926–1934
The jus publicum is the right to navigate and fish, to which the soil beneath navigable waters remains subject even when conveyed by the Crown for governmental purposes.