46 U.S.C. § 102
Section 102 · Barge
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 790 F. Supp. 2d 435 - Touchcom, Inc. v. Bereskin & Parr (2011)
Most recently applied in 9 F. Supp. 3d 735 - Contango Operators, Inc. v. United States (March 2014)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In this title, the term “barge” means a non-self-propelled vessel.