Thalweg
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 291 U.S. 361 - State of New Jersey v. State of Delaware · 1934Most cited · 124 citing opinions
The 'Thalweg,' or downway, is the track taken by boats in their course down the stream, which is that of the strongest current.
How often courts cite the cases defining “Thalweg”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Thalweg” — 156 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 · 1934–1935
a modification of the more ancient principle which required equal division of territory and was adopted in order to preserve to each State equality of right in the beneficial uses of the boundary streams as a means of navigation