Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

coast line

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code

Definitions from Case Law

From 364 U.S. 500 - United States v. State of Louisiana Earl Benjamin Bush v. Orleans Parish School Board Harry K. Williams v. Jimmie H. Davis · 1960Most cited · 221 citing opinions

the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters

Show all 2 Supreme Court definitions and how they changed over time 1960–1969

United States Code

43 U.S.C. § 1301 — in this subchapter

The term “coast line” means the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters;