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Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 1. EVANS v. UNITED STATES,  No. 1799.,  COURT OF APPEALS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  31 App. D.C. 544; 1908 U.S. App. LEXIS 5666,  January 9, 1908, Submitted,  June 9, 1908, Decided 

CORE TERMS: river, compact, ceded, territory, cession, soil, shore, water, fishing, easement... 

... net, in the waters of the Potomac river within the District of Columbia, ... 
... floating, in the waters of the Potomac river and its tributaries within the District of ... 
... high-water mark of the Potomac river, and the plaintiff in error was ... 
... habit of fishing in the Potomac river from the Virginia shore from time to ... 
POTOMAC RIVER; FISHERIES; BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT OF ... 
... right of fishing in the Potomac river should be common to and equally enjoyed ... 
... possessed in that part of the Potomac river within the boundaries of the ceded ... 
... 196), was limited to that part of the Potomac river extending between the two ... 
... rights in the waters of the Potomac river within the District of Columbia that were ... 
... rights to fish in the Potomac river in the District of Columbia, that are ... 
... net in the waters of the Potomac river within the District of Columbia. ( ... 
... Virginia shore in the Potomac river."3. In refusing to ... 
... Virginia in the waters of the Potomac river. On June 20, 1632, ... 
... charter, the grant embraced the Potomac river, the islands therein, and the soil under it, to ... 
... territory lying south of the Potomac river, known as the Northern Neck of ... 
... property rights in the Potomac river or in the soil thereunder; nor does it ... 
... two charters with respect to the Potomac river, a compact was entered into ... 
... property in the shores of the Potomac river, adjoining their lands, with all emoluments and ... 
... among which was that of fishing in the Potomac river, were granted to the citizens of Virginia, ... 
... owning lands adjacent to the Potomac river. This compact continued in ... 
... seat of government on the banks of the Potomac river. Pursuant to this authority, President ... 
... north and south banks of the Potomac river. Included within this area is the ... 
... regulation of fishing in the Potomac river within the District, that they could have done. ... 
... portions of their territory embracing the Potomac river within their limits, whatsoever the ... 
... regulation of fishing in the Potomac river within the District of Columbia, -- ... 
... mark on the south side of the Potomac river, which was the boundary line of Virginia, as ... 
... rights in the waters of the Potomac river within the District of Columbia that were ... 
... right of control over the Potomac river within the District had been settled so ... 
... high-water mark of the Potomac river on the Virginia shore, had been vested ... 
... dispute was limited to that part of the Potomac river extending between the two ... 
... high-water mark of the Potomac river on the southern or Virgina shore. ... 
... fish in the waters of the Potomac river in the District of Columbia, that are ... 
... District of Columbia. It applies to the Potomac river and its tributaries in the District of ... 
... State of Maryland in and to the Potomac River extended to high-water ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 2. SMOOT v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  No. 1347.,  COURT OF APPEALS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  23 App. D.C. 266; 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 5252,  February 2, 1904, Submitted,  March 1, 1904, Decided 

CORE TERMS: river, engine, engineer, regulation, licensed, steam, police regulation, steam engineer, regularly, harbor... 

... unloading scows of the defendant on the Potomac river; that the vessel was in the Potomac river opposite Georgetown, D. ... 
... dredging sand from the bottom of the Potomac river, and selling it to the trade, to the government of the ... 
... public navigable waters of the Potomac river, and accompanies the sand scows, and is ... 
... District of Columbia over the Potomac river is limited to waters within the ... 
... public navigable waters of the Potomac river without the pier lines, then the ... 
... public navigable waters of the Potomac river, within the admiralty jurisdiction of the ... 
... loading his scows in the Potomac river opposite Georgetown, about ... 
... District including that portion of the Potomac river within the District. 2. The entire Potomac river, within the limits of the District of ... 
... unloading scows of the defendant on the Potomac river. He owned the dredge and the engine ... 
... District of Columbia, including the Potomac river as it runs through the District; and the ... 
... power and regulation over the Potomac river, within the limits of the District of ... 
... no power over the Potomac river beyond the dock of pier ... 
... public navigable waters of the Potomac river, and therefore within the admiralty jurisdiction of the ... 
... ground for supposing that the Potomac river, a part of the District of ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 3. MARYLAND v. WEST VIRGINIA,  No. 1, Original.,  SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,  217 U.S. 577; 30 S. Ct. 630; 1910 U.S. LEXIS 426; 54 L. Ed. 888,  Forms of decree and briefs submitted April 20, 1910.,  May 31, 1910, Decree settled 

CORE TERMS: decree, low-water, shore, boundary line, high-water, duties, surveyor, southern bank, south bank, river... 

... Headnote: The south bank of the Potomac river at low water mark on the ... 
... mark on the south bank of the Potomac River to the intersection of the north and south ... 
... along the south bank of the Potomac River from a point at or near ... 
... crosses the North Branch of the Potomac River, should that boundary line be located at ... 
... along the north bank of the Potomac River should be denied. This conclusion was reached ... 
... Lord Baltimore included the Potomac River to high-water mark on the ... 
... necessarily denied her claim to the Potomac River to the north bank thereof, and a ... 
... along the southern bank of the Potomac River. As stated in the former ... 
... right or south bank of the Potomac River, at high-water mark, was the ... 
... Lord Baltimore embraced the Potomac River to high-water mark on the ... 
... Baltimore grant embraced the Potomac River to high-water mark on the ... 
... between the States along the Potomac River, and said: "The evidence is sufficient to show that ... 
... boundary on the south side of the Potomac River shall extend to high- ... 
... mark on the south bank of the Potomac River to the intersection of the north and south ... 
... for the south bank of the Potomac River at low-water mark on the ... 
... Virginia on the southern bank of the Potomac River at low-water mark at or ... 
... thence with the southern bank of the said Potomac River, at low-water mark, and with the ... 
... bank of the North Branch of the Potomac River at low-water mark, to the ... 
... bank of the North Branch of the Potomac River to the said Pennsylvania line, in ... 
... fixing the north bank of the Potomac River as the boundary line between said ... 
... far as it is applicable to that part of the Potomac River which extends along the border of said ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 4. BROWN v. BOWLES,  No. 294, September Term, 1968,  Court of Appeals of Maryland,  254 Md. 377; 254 A.2d 696; 1969 Md. LEXIS 879,  June 30, 1969, Decided 

CORE TERMS: compact, water, fish, seine, haul, shore, abrogation, regulation, fishing, riparian rights... 

... Abrogation.Riparian Rights -- Potomac River Compact -- Right To Fish -- ... 
... Fish In Waters Of Potomac River Shall Be Common To And Equally ... 
... requires of us further consideration of the Potomac River Compacts of 1785 and 1958. ... 
... within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission. Code, ... 
... in effect in the Potomac River prior to 1957 when the Maryland ... 
... became "in effect" on the Potomac River, since the "consent and approbation" of ... 
... oysters, and clams in the Potomac River, as set forth in ... 
... remain applicable in the Potomac River except to the extent changed, ... 
... added.) It appears to be conceded that the Potomac River Fisheries Commission has not ... 
... 1957). This led to the appointment of the Potomac River Commission, consisting of representatives from ... 
... 1, 1958 * * * in the Potomac River."We shall not labor the ... 
... title 'Concurrent Law on the Potomac River' which sections embody the concurrent ... 
... States of Maryland and Virginia on the Potomac River." Sec. 253 (then § ... 
... in the "Concurrent Laws" the Potomac River is mentioned only incidentally; e.g., the ... 
... herring season in the Potomac River was declared to be from 1 March to ... 
... license issued to him by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission and that the Commission has ... 

Cited and neutral analysis indicated Click to Shepardize® 5. BISCOE v. STATE,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND,  68 Md. 294; 12 A. 25; 1888 Md. LEXIS 8,  January 6, 1888, Decided 

CORE TERMS: river, removal, prisoner, foreman, offences committed, guilty of murder, juror, answered, indicted, several counties... 

... Jurisdiction--Offence committed on the Potomac river--Counties--Territorial divisions-- ... 
... Courts of Counties bordering on the Potomac river--Removal of Case--Suggestion and ... 
... Maryland, alleged to have been committed on the Potomac river, opposite said county. The counties of the ... 
... several counties lying on the Potomac river, as Courts of record having original ... 
... Maryland, alleged to have been committed on the Potomac river, opposite said county; and the main ... 
... but does not include, the Potomac river. Now by the charter granted to Lord Baltimore the Potomac river belongs to the State of Maryland, and ... 
... several counties lying on the Potomac river, as Courts of record having original ... 
... exclusive criminal jurisdiction. And the Potomac river being part of the State, and ... 
... over offences committed on the Potomac river, if any such recognition be needed.We pass then to the ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 6. UNITED STATES v. HERBERT BRYANT, INC.,  Civil Action Nos. 73-2211, 73-1903 Consolidated,  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  740 F. Supp. 863; 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5737,  May 14, 1990,  May 14, 1990, Filed 

CORE TERMS: parcel, deed, adverse possession, fast, street, bed, summary judgment, claims title, boundary line, high water... 

... mark on the Virginia side of the Potomac River; thus, when Maryland ceded land ... 
... land but portions of the Potomac River as well. When the Virginia portion of the ... 
... not include any part of the Potomac River. At first blush it would appear to ... 
... referred to as Union Street, to the Potomac River, bounded on the north by what would be ... 
... lands in the bed of the Potomac River and all fast lands along the ... 
... by filling in the Potomac River after 1791 belong to the ... 
... Maryland owned the bed of the Potomac River to the high water mark on the ... 
... interest in the bed of the Potomac River within the limits of the District of ... 
... in 1791, which included the Potomac River at Alexandria, to the United States; ... 
... fill placed on the bed of the Potomac River after 1791 remains ... 
... fill placed on the bed of the Potomac River after 1791; and United ... 
... property owners along the Potomac River own all fast lands ... 
... mark on the Virginia side of the Potomac River as of 24 January 1791. Any ... 
... artificially and perhaps naturally) into the Potomac River at several places, and jurisdictional ... 
... land on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, lying between the boundary ... 
... mark on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. Under the terms of the legislation ... 
... boundaries of Alexandria and provided that the Potomac River is the east boundary of the town. ... 
... west shore line of said Potomac River." Va, Act 1932, ... 
... east boundary of the city is the Potomac River. The state law also provides that the ... 
... structures" erected along the Potomac River. Va.Code 15.1- ... 
... east boundary of the city was and is the Potomac River. Thus, it is clear that the Tract lies ... 
... lands in the bed of the Potomac River and to all fast lands along the ... 
... by filling in the Potomac River after 1791. In ... 
... Maryland owned the bed of the Potomac River to the high water mark on the ... 
... interest in the bed of the Potomac River within the limits of the District of Columbia which included the Potomac River at Alexandria, to the United States, and that ... 
... fill placed on the bed of the Potomac River after 1791 remains ... 
... Wilkes Street running to the Potomac River and parallel with Wolfe Street. ... 
... Gibbon Street running to the Potomac River and parallel with Wilkes Street. ... 
... noted above, the bank of the Potomac River was moved eastward as a ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 7. Lohr v. Upper Potomac River Com.,  No. 16, April Term, 1942,  Court of Appeals of Maryland,  180 Md. 584; 26 A.2d 547; 1942 Md. LEXIS 182,  May 26, 1942, Decided 

CORE TERMS: dams, reservoirs, water, duty, flow of water, river, stream, governmental function, purpose of carrying, governmental agency... 

... LOHR v. UPPER POTOMAC RIVER COMMISSION 
... statute creating Upper Potomac River Commission, was intended to constitute ... 
... statute created the Upper Potomac River Commission, a governmental ... 
... Sec. 9.The Upper Potomac River Commission, created for the ... 
... authority was given to Upper Potomac River Commission, a governmental ... 
... Lohr against the Upper Potomac River Commission for personal ... 
... servants of the appellee, the Upper Potomac River Commission, a body ... 
... over which she was traveling.The Upper Potomac River Commission was created by the ... 
... Counties should comprise the "Upper Potomac River District," and by Section ... 
... water in the Upper Potomac River and its tributary rivers and streams ... 
... for the creation of the Upper Potomac River Commission is to regulate the flow of water in the Upper Potomac River and its tributary rivers and streams ... 

Cited and neutral analysis indicated Click to Shepardize® 8. Georgetown v. Alexandria Canal Co.,  SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,  37 U.S. 91; 1838 U.S. LEXIS 342; 9 L. Ed. 1012,  JANUARY, 1838 Term 

CORE TERMS: river, public nuisance, aqueduct, compact, navigation, nuisance, charter, special damage, chancellor, canal... 

... in the trade and navigation of the Potomac river, a common highway; the ... 
... constructing an aqueduct across the Potomac River, within the corporate limits of ... 
... portions of the territory embracing the Potomac River within their limits, whatever the ... 
... claimed as being derived from it. The Potomac River is a navigable stream, or ... 
... constructing an aqueduct across the Potomac river, within the corporate limits of ... 
... portions of the terriroty embracing the Potomac river within their limits, whatever the ... 
... claimed as being derived from it.The Potomac river is a navigable stream, or ... 
... constructing an aqueduct over the Potomac river, at Georgetown, within its corporate ... 
... private wharves of the town; that the Potomac river, above and below the aqueduct, ... 
... earth and clay in the Potomac river, outside, or inside their coffer ... 
... interest in the waters of the Potomac river, which they aver to be a public ... 
... portions of their territory, embracing the Potomac river, within their limits, whatsoever the ... 
... under which they are acting, nevertheless, as the Potomac river is a navigable stream, ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 9. MULLENIX v. UNITED STATES,  No. 90-1483,  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT,  984 F.2d 101; 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 314; 1993 AMC 1766,  September 30, 1992, Argued,  January 12, 1993, Decided 

CORE TERMS: admiralty jurisdiction, dam, boat, navigable, ebb and flow, water, river, navigability, border, tide... 

... Dam No. 5 on the Potomac River. On the United States's and Potomac ... 
... a day of boating on the Potomac River. From about 5:30 p.m. ... 
... allegations of admiralty jurisdiction because the Potomac River is not subject to the ebb and ... 
... within the state of Maryland. The Potomac River forms the border between ... 
... Maryland claim to the entire Potomac River to the lowwater mark of its southern ... 
... Ct. 630 (1910). The Potomac River in the area of the accident ... 
... case, the parties suggest that the Potomac River is entirely within the state of ... 
... exact placement of the border on the Potomac River's southern bank. For ... 
... 1991). The appellees argue that the Potomac River falls short of satisfying the ... 
... 4th Cir. 1991). The Potomac River is wholly within Maryland ... 
... gives no indication that the Potomac River was supporting commercial shipping at the ... 
... based nonnavigability on the fact that the Potomac River "is not subject to the ebb and ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 10. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CROPLEY,  Nos. 1291 and 1292.,  COURT OF APPEALS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  23 App. D.C. 232; 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 5249,  October 13, 1903, Submitted,  February 3, 1904, Decided 

CORE TERMS: sewer, water, river, mills, sewage, street, deed, territory, municipal, high-water... 

... sewage were deposited in the Potomac river immediately in front of, and ... 
... premises on the west, and thence to the Potomac river, diverted, and ever since that date has ... 
... constructed by the defendant to the Potomac river; in consequence whereof, said ... 
... premises on the west, and thence to the Potomac river, diverted, and ever since said last- ... 
... through said ditch or pipe to the Potomac river; in consequence of which said wrongful and ... 
... material, were deposited in the Potomac river immediately in front of and ... 
... inches to the wharf line of the Potomac river, and continuing the same course ... 
... Water street to the channel of the Potomac river in said city of Georgetown ... 
... race, and the water running therein to the Potomac river; and with the knowledge thus possessed the plaintiffs ... 
... sewer or tail race into the Potomac river. This sewer, it appears, flowed ... 
... tail race and leading to the Potomac river on the south and west of the said tail ... 
... line of Water street to the Potomac river, it was shown in evidence that, ... 
... land under the waters of the Potomac river; and a conveyance by the ... 
... extending to the middle of the channel of the Potomac river, will operate to convey ... 
... allowing sewage to flow to the Potomac river at the point of discharge, even ... 
... extending to the middle of the channel of the Potomac river, a tidal, navigable ... 
... in unmistakable terms the Potomac river, and that the territory and title thereby granted were ... 
... waters of the state, including the Potomac river, and of the soils thereunder; and, by the ... 
... United States, that portion of the Potomac river with the subjacent soil, which was appurtenant to and ... 
... waters of the State, including the Potomac river, and of the soils thereunder, for the ... 
... act of cession, that portion of the Potomac river, with the subjacent soil which was appurtenant to and ... 
... land under the water of the Potomac river; but, by the most ... 
... street leading to and emptying into the Potomac river, and which received the water from the mills ... 
... sewer way, and was discharged into the Potomac river, together with the ordinary sewage of the ... 
... uncovered until it emptied into the Potomac river. It was because it was a public sewer of the ... 
... conveying the water from the mills to the Potomac river; and it is now sought to be established to be ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 11. MAHONEY v. COMMONWEALTH,  Supreme Court of Virginia,  162 Va. 846; 174 S.E. 817; 1934 Va. LEXIS 291,  June 14, 1934 

CORE TERMS: effective, emergency, governor, oyster, river, vessel, dredge, proclamation, declaring, scrape... 

... take and catch oysters from the Potomac river in waters adjacent to the said ... 
... instrument in the waters of the Potomac river between the fifteenth day of ... 
... oysters with tongs from the waters of the Potomac river between the fifteenth day of ... 
... oysters taken from the waters of the Potomac river between the twentieth day of ... 
... shell-fish in the Potomac river, the same shall take ... 
... instrument in the waters of the Potomac river between the fifteenth day of ... 
... oysters with tongs from the waters of the Potomac river between the fifteenth day of ... 
... oysters taken from the waters of the Potomac river between the twentieth day of ... 
... take or catch oysters from the Potomac river by means of a ... 
... take or catch oysters from the Potomac river by means of a ... 
... oyster industry in the Potomac river, in conjunction with similar ... 
... taking of oysters from the waters of the Potomac river by means of dredge or ... 

Positive treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 12. Smoot Sand & Gravel Corp. v. Columbia Granite & Dredging Corp.,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND,  146 Md. 384; 126 A. 91; 1924 Md. LEXIS 146,  July 22, 1924, Decided 

CORE TERMS: gravel, sand, river, bed, dredge, riparian owner, shore, exclusive right, conferred, lease... 

... Ferry Farm," and situated on the Potomac River, caused the same to be sub- ... 
... 7 border upon the Potomac River, while the others are located some ... 
... 7, which we have said border upon the Potomac River, constitute the whole front thereon of " ... 
... materials from that portion of the bed of the Potomac River up to low water ... 
... materials from the said portion of the bed of the Potomac River which the parties of the first part, their ... 
... entire front of said farm on the Potomac River; and after becoming so seised and ... 
... upon the said bed or bottom of the said Potomac River opposite said lots 1 and ... 
... materials in the bed of the Potomac River that chapter 262 of the Acts of ... 
... other materials from the bed of the Potomac River.The succeeding Act of 1900, ... 
... owner of lands bordering on said Potomac River, or for any person or corporation with whom such ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 13. Marine R. & C. Co. v. United States,  No. 45.,  SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,  257 U.S. 47; 42 S. Ct. 32; 1921 U.S. LEXIS 1313; 66 L. Ed. 124,  Argued October 18, 1921.,  November 7, 1921, Decided 

CORE TERMS: low water, river, headland, filling, confined, compact, cove, original title, question of boundary, certificate... 

... strip of made land on the Potomac River.
... a strip of land on the Potomac river front, alleging that the land was ... 
... a strip of land on the Potomac river front, in which the defendant ... 
... mark on the Virginia side of the Potomac river. [For other cases, ... 
... 1908.] Boundaries -- of state -- Potomac river as boundary. -- Headnote: The grant of ... 
... Columbia on the Virginia side of the Potomac river did not enlarge the rights of ... 
... Baltimore to the farther bank of the Potomac river, and following it, or from the grant by the ... 
... described as extending down the Potomac river by various courses. [ ... 
... land on the Virginia side of the Potomac river under a Virginia ... 
... state and District of Columbia -- Potomac river. -- Headnote: An assertion by ... 
... whole river bed of the Potomac river is imported by the provisions of the ... 
... land on the Virginia side of the Potomac river which was below low-water ... 
... mark on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. P. 63. See ... 
... property rights in the Potomac River or the soil thereunder, nor was there any evidence that ... 
... absolute property of the soil of the Potomac River. Any land, therefore, raised upon the ... 
... Charter of 1632 embraced the Potomac River and the soil under it to high- ... 
... embraced no part of the Potomac River: (a) Because it was an ordinary conveyance, ... 
... a strip of land on the Potomac River front of the City of Alexandria. ... 
... 25) "to the farther bank of the said [Potomac] river and following it," by the charters of ... 

Warning-Negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 14. UNITED STATES v. HERBERT BRYANT, INC.,  Civ. Nos. 2211-73, 1903-73,  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  386 F. Supp. 1287; 1974 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11686,  December 9, 1974 

CORE TERMS: territorial, shore, high-water, pier-head, boundary line, eastern district, exclusive jurisdiction, parcel, holders, rem jurisdiction... 

... Slater's Lane on the north, and from the Potomac River on the east to "the January 24, ... 
... high water mark of the Potomac River" n3 on the west. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Footnotes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 
... submerged lands in the Potomac River. Memorandum and Order, Nov. ... 
... mark on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River, except within the environs of the ... 
... mark on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River and following the present mean ... 
... Channel to the main body of the Potomac River, along the Virginia side of the Potomac River across the mouths of all tributaries ... 
... in, under, and adjacent to the Potomac River." n11 Although the legislative ... 
... in, under, and adjacent to the Potomac River, the Anacostia River or Eastern ... 
... bed, marshes, and lowlands of the Potomac River, and other lands as described ... 
... situated on the Virginia side of the Potomac River lying between the boundary ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 15. Great Falls Power Co. v. Great Falls & O. D. R. Co.,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA,  104 Va. 416; 52 S.E. 172; 1905 Va. LEXIS 113,  September 14, 1905 

CORE TERMS: public use, river, condemned, railroad, public necessity, power of eminent domain, condemnation, public convenience, condemn, acres... 

... Great Falls in the Potomac river, and for constructing dams therein, ... 
... owns on the Virginia side of the Potomac river a tract of land ... 
... railroad, commencing at some point on the Potomac river, in Alexandria county, ... 
... route to a point on the Potomac river in Fairfax county or ... 
... in Fairfax county on the Potomac river at the Great Falls, a ... 
... Fairfax, at the Great Falls, on the Potomac river: Namely, parcel No. ... 
... a railroad from some point on the Potomac river in Alexandria county, to some ... 
... view of the Great Falls of the Potomac river, which is shown to be one of the grandest ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 16. UNITED STATES ex rel. HARTLEY v. MALANAPHY,  No. M 1216,  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,  81 F. Supp. 316; 1948 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1877,  July 15, 1948 

CORE TERMS: martial, court martial, convened, naval, specification, precept, time of war, desertion, custody, void... 

... Naval Receiving Station (Potomac River Naval Command), Washington, ... 
... Naval Receiving Station (Potomac River Naval Command), Washington, ... 
... received evidence showing that the Potomac River Naval Command on January ... 
... issued by the commandant of the Potomac River Naval Command. It was not ... 
... permit the respondent to show that the Potomac River Naval Command was properly ... 
... general court martial of the Potomac River Naval Command. However, I am ... 
... by said court martial of the Potomac River Naval Command. He was tried ... 
... upon a trial at the Potomac River Naval Command, and his failure to ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 17. Lease v. Upper Potomac River Com.,  No. 35, April Term, 1941,  Court of Appeals of Maryland,  179 Md. 543; 20 A.2d 498; 1941 Md. LEXIS 156,  June 10, 1941, Decided 

CORE TERMS: declaration, injured employees, governmental agency, demurrer, wages, Workmen's Compensation Act, payment of compensation, reasons assigned, workmen, extra-hazardous... 

... LEASE v. UPPER POTOMAC RIVER COMMISSION 
... counsel or court.The Upper Potomac River Commission, a governmental ... 
... Lease against the Upper Potomac River Commission and Harold Bennix. From an ... 
... against his employer, the Upper Potomac River Commission, a Maryland ... 
... generally and on the ground that the Upper Potomac River Commission is a governmental ... 
... declaration to the contrary, that the Upper Potomac River Commission has complied with the provisions of ... 
... appear from the declaration that the Upper Potomac River Commission has not insured its ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 18. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. JOHNSON,  No. 19,485.,  SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  1 Mackey 51; 1881 U.S. App. LEXIS 2692,  March 2, 1881, Decided 

CORE TERMS: ordinance, wharf, occupation, tenant, wharves, lease, rent, common council, river front, compelled... 

... rent of a wharf on the Potomac river, between Twelfth and Thirteenth ... 
... construct a wharf on the Potomac river, at a point between ... 
... rent of a wharf on the Potomac river, between Twelfth and Thirteenth ... 
... construction of a wharf on the Potomac river, between Twelfth and Thirteenth ... 
... construction of a wharf on the Potomac river, between Twelfth and Thirteenth ... 
... maintain a wharf on the Potomac river, between Twelfth and Thirteenth ... 
... good and substantial wharves on the Potomac river, in said city (Washington), ... 
... streets west, to the channel of said Potomac river. " This paper, which was "Office of Public ... 
... rights of wharfage along the Potomac river. Save by granting ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 19. White's Ferry v. Commissioner,  Docket Nos. 19204-90, 25984-91,  UNITED STATES TAX COURT,  T.C. Memo 1993-639; 1993 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 650; 66 T.C.M. (CCH) 1855,  December 29, 1993, Filed 

CORE TERMS: ferry service, real property, ferry, investment income, passive, rent, personal holding, parcels of real property, acre parcel, stock... 

... ferry service across the Potomac River between Montgomery County, ... 
... Montgomery County, Maryland, and the Potomac River Bridge in Point of ... 
... vehicle can cross the Potomac River. The first ferry owned ... 
... ferry service across the Potomac River was called the General Jubal ... 
... Confederate troops across the Potomac River at the current site of the ferry. The ... 
... real property adjacent to the Potomac River in Montgomery County, ... 
... real property adjacent to the Potomac River on the Virginia side of the river that is ... 
... middle of the night when a Potomac River flood would threaten to wash ... 

Cited and neutral analysis indicated Click to Shepardize® 20. NEWTOWN CREEK TOWING CO. v. THE VENUS,  No. 12460,  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS THIRD CIRCUIT,  259 F.2d 97; 1958 U.S. App. LEXIS 5359,  May 12, 1958, Argued,  September 11, 1958, Decided 

CORE TERMS: tug, storm, wind, miles, captain, barge, southerly, channel, weather, tow... 

... northern side of the entrance to the Potomac River. Approximately five miles ... 
... barge were north of the mouth of the Potomac River and were out in a ... 
... located at the mouth of the channel of the Potomac River is a Naval Restricted ... 
... cut across to the mouth of the Potomac River which lay on his starboard side.' ... 
... bay for the channel of the Potomac River. In checking his chart he ... 
... searching for the channel of the Potomac River and without any aid to navigation ... 
... objective was to reach the channel of the Potomac River and he believed that under the weather ... 
... heading for the channel of the Potomac River.'From twelve-twenty A.M. to ... 
... course for the channel of the Potomac River, the master observed that the vapors on the ... 
... course for the channel of the Potomac River. Point Lookout was then bearing ... 

Cited and neutral analysis indicated Click to Shepardize® 21. Hendricks v. Commonwealth,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA,  75 Va. 934; 1882 Va. LEXIS 4,  March, 1882 

CORE TERMS: river, compact, indictment, fishing, fish, mutual consent, cognizance, landing, shore, concurrent jurisdiction... 

... relating to fishing in the Potomac river, which were enacted with the consent and approbation of the ... 
... unlawful fishing in the Potomac river. A writ of error had been ... 
... fishing landing is upon the Potomac river, and situated between Holloway ... 
... charged was committed on the waters of the Potomac river, they shall find the defendant ... 
... fishing landing upon the Potomac river, in the county of Fairfax, ... 
... 1880, upon and in the Potomac river, and opposite the shore of the river ... 
... fish" in the river Potomac or the river Pocomoke, within the limits of ... 
... State of Maryland, over the Potomac river from shore to shore, and over that ... 
... crimes and offences committed on the Potomac river, and provides that jurisdiction shall be ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 22. JEFFERSON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  No. 2492.,  COURT OF APPEALS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  40 App. D.C. 381; 1913 U.S. App. LEXIS 2087,  April 7, 1913, Submitted,  May 5, 1913, Decided 

CORE TERMS: license, liquor, excise, river, intoxicating, punishable 

... boats operating in the Potomac river in interstate commerce; ... 
... COURT; APPEAL AND ERROR; POTOMAC RIVER; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; INTOXICATING ... 
... 2. The entire part of the Potomac river between the District of Columbia and the ... 
... sell such liquors on that portion of the Potomac river which is within the limits of the District. ... 
... Columbia extend to that part of the Potomac river which is within the territorial limits of the ... 
... 973.The entire part of the Potomac river between the District and Virginia ... 
... District which is embraced in the Potomac river. Whether the excise board may ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 23. STEUART TRANSP. CO. v. ASHE,  No. 250, September Term, 1972,  Court of Appeals of Maryland,  269 Md. 74; 304 A.2d 788; 1973 Md. LEXIS 805,  May 17, 1973, Decided,  Motion for Rehearing Filed June 18, 1973; Denied July 2, 1973. 

CORE TERMS: plat, deed, recorded, pier, barge, chancellor, conveyance, constructive notice, grantor, front... 

... south and juts out into the Potomac River, approximately midway between ... 
... Mary's River empties into the Potomac River on the east side of the point. ... 
... way," running parallel to the Potomac River along the beach and covered with ... 
... bounded generally by the Potomac River on the south and by Piney ... 
... low water mark of the Potomac River, and on the west by the extension of the ... 
... Hotel along the shore of the Potomac River and consists of 12 lots. ... 
... strip running parallel to the Potomac River along the beach and corresponds to " ... 
... low water mark on the Potomac River, on the south by the Potomac River, and on the West by an extension of the ... 
... low water mark on the said Potomac River a family bath ... 
... low water mark on the Potomac River for a beach or ... 
... low water mark on the Potomac River between a prolongation of the ... 
... consisted of 38 lots on the Potomac River, 50 feet wide " ... 
... main pier was constructed into the Potomac River from the first three or four ... 
... feet out in the Potomac River directly in line with the ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 24. CONNER v. HENDRIX,  Record No. 3907,  Supreme Court of Virginia,  194 Va. 17; 72 S.E.2d 259; 1952 Va. LEXIS 202,  September 10, 1952 

CORE TERMS: deed, conveyed, block, map, front, grantor, river, adjoining, shore, parcel of land... 

... south lines, if projected to the Potomac river, of a platted lot ... 
... in and to the waters and shore of the Potomac river in front of and adjoining the ... 
... low water mark on the Potomac river. The lot is 56 feet ... 
... low water mark on the Potomac river and on the east by the low ... 
... hundred acres bordering the Potomac river and known as "White Point ... 
... Reservation" along the shore of the Potomac river was retained by him. He also retained the ... 
... low water line of the Potomac river, and also the parcel in controversy ... 
... State of Virginia, on the waters of the Potomac River, and being more particularly ... 
... bounded on the east by the Potomac River, and being a part of what is ... 
... in and to the waters and shore of the Potomac River in front of and adjoining the ... 
... in and to the waters and shore of the Potomac river "in front of and adjoining the ... 
... 87 extended to the waters of the Potomac river. Its southerly boundary line ... 
... rights" in and to the waters of the Potomac river in front of and adjoining the ... 
... watering resort, located on the Potomac river, in Virginia, not ... 
... few feet of the shore of the Potomac River. It is stated that the grantor did not ... 
... Taggert street, extended, and the Potomac River. But that is not all that is included ... 
... in and to the waters and shore of the Potomac River in front of and adjoining the ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 25. DUTTON v. TAWES,  No. 1, September Term, 1961 (Adv.),  Court of Appeals of Maryland,  225 Md. 484; 171 A.2d 688; 1961 Md. LEXIS 684,  June 12, 1961, Decided 

CORE TERMS: election, compact, voters, newspaper, river, voted, mandatory, notice, electorate, directory... 

... Acts Of 1959, Adopting Potomac River Compact -- Election Not ... 
... 1959, approving the proposed Potomac River Compact of 1958 with Virginia, which had been ... 
... Acts Of 1959, Adopting Potomac River Compact, Held To Be Sufficient And ... 
... in a portion of the Potomac River, and which established a system of ... 
... in a portion of the Potomac River between the two States and to the ... 
... government.Constitutional Law -- Potomac River Compact -- Plaintiffs Held ... 
... a declaration as to the constitutionality of the Potomac River Compact of 1958 with Virginia, which they ... 
... referendum vote on the adoption of the Potomac River Compact of 1958 with Virginia and the ... 
... crabbing and oystering in the Potomac River. On their own behalf and on behalf of all ... 
... State of Virginia relating to the Potomac River, to have been adopted by the people of ... 
... Marylanders on the Maryland owned Potomac River; (b) it empowers Virginia ... 
... for the commission of crimes on the Potomac River; (c) it delegates to the Joint ... 
... for criminal offenses on the Potomac River; (d) it usurps the power of ... 
... oysters and clams in the Potomac River after December 1, ... 
... between Maryland and Virginia as to the Potomac River -- which provided, inter alia, that "the ... 
... in a portion of the Potomac River, and which established a system of ... 
... in a portion of the Potomac River between the State of Maryland and the ... 
... 269 of the Acts of 1959 (the Potomac River Compact of 1958) prior to the ... 

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