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Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 51. Piedmont & C. R. Co. v. McKenzie,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND,  75 Md. 458; 24 A. 157; 1892 Md. LEXIS 100,  March 15, 1892, Decided 

CORE TERMS: bridge, flood, prayer, constructed, unskillful, built, water, river, violence, resist... 

... across a prong of the Potomac river on the West Virginia side, and then ... 
... high-water floods of the Potomac river and to resist the force of the same; and ... 
... 1877) which has occurred in the Potomac river for many years; the ... 
... a bridge across the Potomac river, and that it was constructed and maintained in so ... 
... flood occurred in the Potomac river in May, 1889, and that ... 

Positive treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 52. BROWN v. HUGER,  SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,  62 U.S. 305; 1858 U.S. LEXIS 648; 16 L. Ed. 125; 21 HOW 305,  DECEMBER, 1858 Term 

CORE TERMS: river, patent, pole, thence, distance, sycamore, acres, island, ferry, edge... 

... tree standing near Potomac river, side oppositt to ... 
... line shall strike the Potomac river, including therewith the sawmill and grist- ... 
... ferry and ferry-house on Potomac river, and all the remainder of his ferry survey, ... 
... Big Island in the Potomac river adjoining the ferry aforesaid. The ... 
... near the junction of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers; and that the next corner of the patent, at the ... 
... hundred poles up the Potomac river, was near the bank of said river at the ... 
... point; and thence up Potomac river N. 48 W. ... 
... point of confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers, to the chestnut tree, was actually ... 
... tree standing near Potomac river side, opposite a ... 
... language of the survey, "near Potomac river side," and in that of the patent, " ... 

Positive treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 53. Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Birkett,  No. 296, September Term, 1957,  Court of Appeals of Maryland,  217 Md. 476; 143 A.2d 485; 1958 Md. LEXIS 638,  June 4, 1958, Per Curiam filed,  July 2, 1958, Filed,  Motion for Rehearing and for Stay of Mandate, Filed July 8, 1958, Denied July 17, 1958. 

CORE TERMS: franchise, condemnation, condemn, right of eminent domain, acquire, consolidation, conferred, transferred, electricity, transferee... 

... Great Falls in the Potomac River and transmitting and selling electric ... 
... dams anywhere in the Potomac River necessary to accomplish its purposes and ... 
... above the Great Falls of the Potomac River. The United States Army ... 
... Falls and several miles from the Potomac River near the mouth of the Monocacy ... 
... water a day from the Potomac River will be used for the ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 54. O'NEAL v. VIRGINIA & MARYLAND BRIDGE CO.,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND,  18 Md. 1; 1861 Md. LEXIS 62,  November 2, 1861, Decided 

CORE TERMS: altogether, correction, corrected, interfere, assigned, notice, clerk, duty, appealing, valuation... 

A bridge over the Potomac river, and other property of a ... 
... assessable property of the corporation, the Potomac river, itself, being a ... 
... exercised jurisdiction over the Potomac River by granting ferry ... 
... Virginia, in and over the Potomac river. It is supposed that Virginia has, at least, an ... 
... bridge structure over the Potomac river, and the land of the appellee on the Maryland ... 
... not extend to that portion of the Potomac river over which this bridge is erected, or to any ... 
... applicable at the time. We know that the Potomac river, above tide-water, was ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 55. MacDonald v. Board of County Comm'rs,  No. 427, September Term, 1964,  Court of Appeals of Maryland,  238 Md. 549; 210 A.2d 325; 1965 Md. LEXIS 683,  May 5, 1965, Decided,  Dissenting Opinion Filed May 25, 1965. 

CORE TERMS: zoning, zone, rezoning, apartment, ordinance, acre, district council, reclassification, tract, classification... 

... Mount Vernon is across the Potomac River to the west.All the area is included ... 
... section from the main channel of the Potomac River to the Swan Creek Bridge was ... 
... apartments were 3400 feet from the Potomac River and would in no way ... 
... view of the north shore of the Potomac River. c. There was no injury to the ... 
... previously, this property is not on the Potomac River, it is a minimum of 3400 ... 
... Mount Vernon, across the Potomac River, Tantallon is not directly ... 
... by Hunting Creek and the Potomac River projects in a southerly direction into the Potomac River to interrupt the view from Mount ... 

Warning-Negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 56. BOSTICK v. SMOOT SAND & GRAVEL CORP.,  Civ. No. 8974,  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND,  154 F. Supp. 744; 1957 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3164,  August 21, 1957 

CORE TERMS: gravel, river, sand, shore, bed, compact, dredge, channel, low water, riparian... 

... other materials from 'the bed of the Potomac River in Charles County, ... 
... line and the highwater line of the Potomac River on the Virginia side, approximately ... 
... plaintiffs 'in the bed of the Potomac River as granted to them' by Article ... 
... riparian lands bordering on the Potomac River * * * are the owners of exclusive riparian ... 
... n4 on the Virginia shore of the Potomac River. n5 However, the controversy preceding this ... 
... Point Comfort. This embraced all of the Potomac River and much territory beyond. ... 
... neck of Virginia including the Potomac River and all the islands within the outermost ... 
... owners of land abutting the Potomac River in Virginia any rights, ... 
... other materials from the bed of the Potomac River; or to prohibit the removal by ... 
... mark on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. The boundary along the Potomac was ... 
... Beginning at a point on the Potomac River where the line between Virginia and ... 
... mark on the south shore of to Potomac River, but has a right to such ... 
... interest in and to the bed of the Potomac River, or any sand, gravel or materials therein ... 
... relatively unknown upon the Potomac River. Sand and gravel were purchased from the ... 
... 1930, the only known Potomac River deposits were on the Maryland side of the ... 
... other material from the bed of the Potomac River' under penalty of a ... 
... owner of lands bordering on said Potomac River, or for any person or corporation with whom such ... 
... other material from the bed of the Potomac River was passed at a time when the ... 
... owner of land along the Potomac River in Maryland to take ... 
... materials from that portion of the bed of the Potomac River up to low water ... 
... materials in the bed of the Potomac River that chapter 262 of the Acts of ... 
... in the land underlying the Potomac River, from the Channel line on the Virginia ... 
... State of Virginia bordering on the Potomac River to contract for the dredging of ... 
... simple of lands bordering on the Potomac River, and that the Conclusion is inescapable' that they are embraced ... 
... materials in the bed of the Potomac River * * *'; and the further reference in the ... 
... in the land underlying the Potomac River, from the Channel line on the Virginia ... 
... emoluments and advantages' in the Potomac River between the Virginia shore and the ... 
... other materials from the bed of the Potomac River in Charles County, ... 
... low water mark of the Potomac River on the Virginia side. There remains the ... 
... State of Virginia bordering on the Potomac River to contract for the dredging of ... 
... Virginia citizens in the Potomac River, or has attempted to include citizens of ... 
... concurrent legislation with respect to the Potomac River. The present form of the concurrent legislation with respect to the Potomac River may be found in ... 
... sand and gravel in the Potomac River are as follows under the law of ... 
... dredging rights in the Potomac River.'Very truly yours, '(signed) ... 
... Boundary Line Along the Potomac River Between Maryland and Virginia, ... 
... in Maryland other than the Potomac River, did not have the right of wharfage ... 
... Assembly of 1906, reference to the Potomac River was eliminated, and the prohibition and exception of ... 
... oysters, crabs and claims from the Potomac River so as to vest all licensing provisions ... 
... in Virginia bordering on the Potomac River, in the vicinity of Mt. ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 57. STATE v. HOOFMAN,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND,  9 Md. 28; 1856 Md. LEXIS 3,  JUNE, 1856, Decided 

CORE TERMS: compact, indictment, assented, river, fishing, assent, gill 

... gill nets in the Potomac river, contrary to the act of 1845, ... 
... gill nets in the Potomac river contrary to the act of 1845, ... 
... By the charter of Maryland the Potomac river to its mouth belonged originally to ... 
... gill nets in the Potomac river, contrary to the act of 1845, ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 58. GREAT FALLS MFG. CO. v. AG,  SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,  124 U.S. 581; 8 S. Ct. 631; 1888 U.S. LEXIS 1896; 31 L. Ed. 527,  Submitted December 19, 1887.,  February 6, 1888, Decided 

CORE TERMS: map, notice, water, dam, shore, public use, embraced, bulkhead, amount of compensation, proposed dam... 

... Washington and Georgetown with water from the Potomac River, at the Great Falls, in the ... 
... a dam across the Potomac River at the Great Falls, including the ... 
... raise the embankment between the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ... 
... tracts of land in the Potomac River above that island, being the ... 
Dam across Potomac River -- land taken for -- ... 
... for the dam across the Potomac River, mentioned in said Act, ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 59. UNITED STATES ex rel. GREATHOUSE v. DERN,  No. 677,  SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,  289 U.S. 352; 53 S. Ct. 614; 1933 U.S. LEXIS 931; 77 L. Ed. 1250,  April 11, 12, 1933, Argued,  May 8, 1933, Decided 

CORE TERMS: wharf, river, parkway, upland, navigation, adjacent, mandamus, build, authorize, cession... 

... owner of upland bordering on the Potomac river will be refused where the government ... 
... a wharf in the Potomac River within the District of Columbia ... 
... extended at the time of the grant to the Potomac River. The upland has been enlarged by the ... 
... along the Virginia shore of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon to a ... 
... lying under and adjacent to the Potomac River within the District of Columbia. The ... 
... a structure in the Potomac River within the District of Columbia to which there is ... 

Positive treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 60. Douglass v. Boonsborough Turnpike Road Co.,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND,  22 Md. 219; 1864 Md. LEXIS 71,  October 31, 1864, Decided 

CORE TERMS: highway, grade, turnpike road, prayer, occupy, consequential damages, grading, soil, tolls, condemnation... 

... road leading from Sharpsburg to the Potomac river, passed and had run for ... 
... Boonsborough to a point on the Potomac river. By the 10th sec. it was ... 
... road, leading from Sharpsburg to the Potomac river, and to exercise over said road all the ... 
... Boonsborough to Swearingen's Ferry, on the Potomac river, (sec. 1,) and for this ... 
... 11.) The road from Sharpsburg to the Potomac river is part of the road which the company was ... 
... Boonsborough to a point on the Potomac river. By the 10th section it ... 
... road leading from Sharpsburg to the Potomac river, and to exercise over said road, all the ... 

Positive treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 61. THE BLUE BELL,  District Court, E.D. Virginia,  189 F. 824; 1911 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 225,  March 20, 1911 

CORE TERMS: raft, river, tow, libelant, log, tug, weather, harbor, towing, water... 

... miles above the mouth of the Potomac river, and the other part on Maddox ... 
... license to navigate the waters of the Potomac river; that he erred in failing to ... 
... a license for the Potomac river likewise did not enter into this ... 
... included in terms the Potomac river, evidently the waters of Delaware ... 
... indicated that he was familiar with the mouth of the Potomac river. At all events, the failure of the license to ... 

Positive treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 62. MARYLAND v. WEST VIRGINIA,  No. 1, Original.,  SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,  217 U.S. 1; 30 S. Ct. 268; 1910 U.S. LEXIS 1942; 54 L. Ed. 645,  Argued November 2, 3, 4, 1909.,  February 21, 1910, Decided 

CORE TERMS: boundary line, meridian, river, territory, potomac, pennsylvania, appointed, governor, south line, spring... 

... state of Maryland, entitled to the Potomac river to the north bank thereof; her title ... 
... Fairfax Stone crosses the Potomac River and running thence northerly ... 
... Virginia is not entitled to the Potomac River to the north bank thereof. Morris ... 
... terminus at the first fountain of the Potomac River -- that is to say, that the western boundary is the ... 
... along the southern shore of the Potomac River from its mouth throughout its whole ... 
... stand at the first fountain of the Potomac River. This was unequivocally approved in ... 
... Stone as the first fountain of the Potomac River is against the plain provisions of the ... 
... Spring is the first fountain of the Potomac River. The first fountain of a ... 
... farthest to the northwest of all the waters of Potomac River. Every physical, geographical and ...
... surrounding the head-waters of the Potomac River unmistakably and unquestionably stamp ... 
... Spring as the first fountain of the Potomac River, and a meridian line ... 
... contained in its charter. Potomac River heading at Potomac Spring at ... 
... survey, is the westernmost source of the Potomac River, and a meridian drawn ... 
... leaves to the east of it all the waters of the Potomac River. Potomac Spring as the initial point of the first fountain of the Potomac River at once gratifies the call ... 
... for the first fountain of the Potomac River and the meridian therefrom to the north, and no ... 
... most western source of the Potomac River, and running thence north to ... 
... first fountain or source of the Potomac River as the western boundary of Maryland; and ... 
... southern shore or bank of the Potomac River to the mouth thereof as the southwestern and southern ... 
... source or first fountain of the Potomac River would defeat the calls of the charter ... 
... III. That the North Fork of the Potomac River is clearly marked by ... 
... evidence as the main stream of the Potomac River, and that the Potomac Spring, being the ... 
... Fork, is the first fountain of Potomac River. IV. That, therefore, the western, southwestern and ... 
... first source or fountain of the Potomac River, thence "tending downward ... 
... North Branch is the main Potomac River, and at the head of that branch is to be found the ... 
... first source or fountain of the Potomac River was fully investigated and judicially ... 
... mark on the north bank of the Potomac River, from the division line between ... 
... believed that the head spring of the Potomac River was north of the fortieth degree ... 
... not on the south bank of the Potomac River to the Chesapeake Bay. The early and ... 
... by the King and his Council that the Potomac River had not been granted to Lord ... 
... in 1663, granted the Potomac River and all the islands within its banks. The ... 
... left, or the northern bank of the Potomac River. Mitchell's map, which was made with the ... 
... nothing to indicate that he ever regained the Potomac River after its grant to Lord ... 
... Charles II to grant the Potomac River to Lord Hopton, as he did, although it ... 
... title to the South Branch of the Potomac River. It avers the failure to settle the ... 
... most distant fountain of the Potomac River, and that such true line is several ... 
... bill that the north bank of the Potomac River from above Harpers Ferry to what is ... 
... contention that the South Branch of the Potomac River is the true southern boundary of ... 
... taking the North Branch of the Potomac River as the true southern boundary ... 
... first fountain head of the Potomac River, which, being located, will ... 
... first fountain head of the Potomac River, and following it according to the description ... 
... location of the upper part of the Potomac River was only a matter of ... 
... a very small part of the Potomac River is shown, and from which we get no ... 
... course of the upper reaches of the Potomac River. The so-called Potomac Stone was ... 
... spring at the origin of that fork of the Potomac River. The so-called Potomac meridian was ... 
... adopted the North Branch of the Potomac River, then known as the Cohaungoruton, and after ... 
... first head or spring of the Potomac River is, and ought to be, the boundary line ... 
... 1746, at the head spring of the Potomac River. In 1748 the location of the ... 
... Savage River where it empties into the Potomac River, thence by a ... 
... Savage River where it empties into the Potomac River: thence by a ... 
... Lord Fairfax at the headwaters of the Potomac River. The commissioners met, but the ... 
... Cohangoruton or North Branch of the Potomac River. In default of Maryland ... 
... running with the North Branch of the potomac River to the head thereof, then with the present supposed ... 
... Stone on the North Branch of the Potomac River, at or near its source, and running ... 
... therefor at the Fairfax Stone on the Potomac River, sometimes called the North Branch of the Potomac River at or near the source and running ... 
... head of the North Branch of the Potomac River, and running thence due ... 
... Fairfax Stone crosses the Potomac River and running thence northerly ... 
... cross bill, that she is entitled to the Potomac River to the north bank thereof, we think that ... 
... Marshall as to the ownership of the bed of the Potomac River from shore to shore, including therein ... 
... never of right included the Potomac River, or as establishing a compromise ... 
... province of Maryland, embraced the Potomac River and soil under it, and the islands therein, to ... 
... property rights in the Potomac River, or in the soil thereunder, nor does it ... 
... fixing the north bank of the Potomac River as her boundary. Counsel for the ... 

Positive treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 63. BUDD v. BROOKE,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND,  3 Gill 198; 1845 Md. LEXIS 20,  December, 1845, Decided 

CORE TERMS: creek, deed, patent, plot, first line, distance, prayer, recorded, binding, variation... 

... creek; then down and with said creek to Potomac river; then down and with said river to a ... 
... creek; then down and with said creek to Potomac river; then down and with said river to a ... 
... creek; then down and with said creek to Potomac river; then down and with Potomac river to B; then with the red drawn ... 
... date of said patent, so as to bind the said Potomac river; and for the purpose of claiming said ... 
... line of Aspinall's Hope, on the Potomac river, because the said river is not called ... 
... bind said first line on and with the Potomac river; and for the purpose of proving said ... 
... run said line binding on Potomac river, and that he has known the land included ... 
... used up to the edge of Potomac river; that he never heard or knew the said ... 
... date of said patent," so as to bind on the Potomac river; and for the purpose of sustaining said ... 
... for the purpose of binding on the Potomac river, the first line of Aspinall's ... 
... line of Aspinall's Hope and the Potomac river; but that the witness never ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 64. Alex. & F. R. Co. v. Faunce,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA,  72 Va. 761; 1879 Va. LEXIS 36; 31 Gratt. 761,  March, 1879 

CORE TERMS: fishery, lease, river, fishing, navigable, landing, stream, season, excessive, lessee... 

... a fishery in the Potomac river, where the tide ebbed and flowed, with all the ... 
... fishery attached, in the Potomac river, in the county of Prince ... 
... Landing on the Virginia side of the Potomac river, in Prince William ... 
... lessee of a fishery on the Potomac river, on a point where the tide ... 

Warning-Negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 65. SMOOT SAND & GRAVEL CORP. v. BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET CO.,  Civ. A. No. 2986-54,  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  148 F. Supp. 269; 1957 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4012,  February 5, 1957 

CORE TERMS: scow, tug, channel, vessel, barge, collision, tugboat, white light, navigation, engines... 

... took place in the Potomac River about two miles ... 
... a northerly direction on the Potomac River toward Washington. At this point, the ... 
... journey to Norfolk, southerly on the Potomac River, showing the usual running ... 
... applied to channels in the Potomac River. The Newport News, 4 ... 

66. MAYOR, RECORDER, ALDERMEN & COMMON COUNCIL OF GEORGETOWN v. PORTER,  [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL],  CIRCUIT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, COUNTY OF WASHINGTON,  1 Hay. & Haz. 139; 1843 U.S. App. LEXIS 589,  July 7, 1843, Decided 

CORE TERMS: bridge, undersigned, highway, river, dam, injunction, repair, stream, judicial tribunal, navigation... 

... repairing of the bridge over the Potomac River between Washington city and ... 
... cause the free navigation of the Potomac river to be obstructed by placing the ... 
... a drawbridge across the Potomac river, and appropriating $ 6,000 for that ... 
... District of Columbia within which the Potomac river is situated from the head of tide ... 

Warning-Negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 67. Montgomery Environmental Coalition v. Fri,  Civ. A. No. 1307-73,  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CIVIL DIVISION,  366 F. Supp. 261; 1973 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11283; 6 ERC (BNA) 1209; 4 ELR 20182,  October 31, 1973 

CORE TERMS: water quality, effluent, pollutant, supplemental, notice, motions to dismiss, water, regulation, adversely affected, promulgated... 

... affecting the water quality of the Potomac River. The case is now before the ... 
... members individually use the Potomac River for any purpose, much ... 
... jurisdictions which are contiguous to the flow of the Potomac River. Unlike the plaintiff in ... 
... by increased pollution of the Potomac River when the river itself passes ... 
... amount of pollutants that are discharged into the Potomac River via the facilities at Blue ... 
... other points along the Potomac River which lie within defendant's ... 

Positive treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 68. Richmond, F. & P. R.R. v. United States,  93-5110,  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT,  75 F.3d 648; 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 1068,  January 26, 1996, Decided 

CORE TERMS: indenture, covenant, railroad, park service, parkway, restrictive covenant, state law, yard, asserting, successors... 

... along the western shore of the Potomac River. In 1930 and 1932, ... 
... property on the western shore of the Potomac River to the Government, including 198.6 ... 
... in, under, and adjacent to the Potomac River. Under this authority, on February ... 
... in, under and adjacent to [the] Potomac River by making equitable ... 

69. SMOOT v. COMMISSIONER,  Docket No. 32758.,  United States Board of Tax Appeals,  25 B.T.A. 1038,  March 30, 1932, Promulgated 

CORE TERMS: gravel, lease, sand, depletion, deposit, license, exhaustion, dredging, conveyance, notice... 

... away sand and gravel from the Potomac River in front of all that land ... 
... gravel taken by him from the Potomac River in front of said property: ... 
... gravel or other material from the Potomac River in front of all that land ... 
... Maryland, and is touched by the Potomac River. The lease was executed late ... 
... 1914, Maryland.] It is conceded that the Potomac River at the place where petitioner carried on his ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 70. Alexandria C. R. & B. Co. v. District of Columbia,  No. 4444.,  SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  1 Mackey 217; 1881 U.S. App. LEXIS 2706,  June 21, 1881, Decided 

CORE TERMS: bridge, canal, river, taxation, charter, exemption, railroad, wooden, shore, franchise... 

... in Georgetown across the Potomac river. Under this charter a ... 
... 3. The whole bed of the Potomac river with all the islands therein up to high- ... 
... depth below the bottom of the Potomac river and are fastened to the solid rock ... 
... bridge structure across the Potomac river from the city of Georgetown to Virginia. The ... 
... either or both sides of the Potomac river," and that before the charter should take ... 
... in Georgetown, across the Potomac river, to a point on the river ... 
... operate, and maintain across the Potomac river, over the stone piers on which the ... 
... in Georgetown across the Potomac river to the Virginia shore. The wooden ... 
... settled that the whole bed of the Potomac river, with all the islands therein, up to high ... 
... wooden bridge across the Potomac river, and constructed in part ... 

Warning-Negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 71. PHOENIX BRIDGE CO. v. UNITED STATES,  No. 42084,  UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS,  85 Ct. Cl. 603; 1937 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 153,  November 1, 1937, Decided 

CORE TERMS: contracting, engineer, grillage, specification, trunnion, bridge, contractor, extension of time, concrete, leaf... 

... memorial bridge across the Potomac River; and, fourth, that the contract did not ... 
... Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River at Washington, D. C., ... 
... memorial bridge across the Potomac River in the vicinity of the Lincoln ... 
... 3 in midstream of the Potomac River. These abutments or piers were constructed and ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 72. NYAZIE v. KENNEDY,  CIVIL ACTION NO. 97-0120,  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,  1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13280,  August 24, 1998, Decided,  August 24, 1998, Filed, Entered 

CORE TERMS: water, river, invitee, rock, warning, summary judgment, obvious danger, drowning, park, body of water... 

... arising from her drowning in the Potomac River at Great Falls National ... 
... Washington Memorial Parkway. The Potomac River runs through the park and, ... 
... enjoy the scenic view of the Potomac River." DE 1 at P ... 
... Directly in front of them was the Potomac River which veered into a ten to ... 
... case is inapposite because, unlike the Potomac River in the instant matter, the ... 
... dangers inherent in the Potomac River. As argued by defendants, however, this ... 
... Lucenko, who explained that, while "the Potomac River's force was open and obvious at ... 
... level, was a branching of the Potomac river that came from the left and then abruptly ... 
... Dr. Lucenko opined that the "Potomac River's force was open and obvious at ... 
... undercurrent and hydraulic effect of the Potomac River." Plaintiffs' Response at p. ... 
... aware of any dangers associated with the Potomac River. As noted, the issue of openness and ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 73. Petition of Potomac Sand & Gravel Co.,  No. 4667,  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND,  253 F. Supp. 268; 1966 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7718,  April 15, 1966 

CORE TERMS: cable, barge, anchor, creek, feet, cable-crossing, damaged, pintle, fluke, submarine... 

... a southwesterly direction into the Potomac River. The place of its confluence with the Potomac River is known as Indian Head, ... 
... D.C., proceeded down the Potomac River, met the Tug Fairfax, and ... 
... flotilla arrived at the juncture of the Potomac River and Mattawoman Creek at approximately ... 
... No. 125 toward the Potomac River. The electrician saw the cable which was ... 
... 125 and facing toward the Potomac River when he observed it.On the afternoon of February ... 

Citation information available Click to Shepardize® 74. No. 1896.,  COURT OF APPEALS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  32 App. D.C. 300; 1908 U.S. App. LEXIS 5724,  December 2, 1908, Submitted,  December 22, 1908, Decided 

CORE TERMS: proximate cause, launch, vessel, duty, appointment, declaration, disaster, wrongful act, emergency, connect... 

... plaintiff's intestate in the Potomac river. The action was brought against the ... 
... crew on a vessel on the Potomac river. The act of Congress relating to the ... 
... a cruise down the Potomac river; that he, knowing that defendants Bloe and ... 
... practice cruise down the Potomac river, and, in another count, with having ... 

Caution-Possible negative treatment indicated Click to Shepardize® 75. ANDREWS v. WILKINS,  Civil Action No. 88-1326 (RCL),  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,  1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8811,  July 11, 1990,  July 11, 1990, Filed 

CORE TERMS: water, rescue, contributory negligence, decedent, park, throw, summary judgment, swimming, boat, common law... 

... in the Washington Channel of the Potomac River after he fled to avoid ... 
... Basin, the Washington Channel, and the Potomac River. At approximately 1:32 p.m., ... 
... seawall into the Washington Channel of the Potomac River. Wilkins Decl. paras. ... 
... 1) chasing the decedent into the Potomac River and thereafter initially preventing him from ... 
... escape path via the Potomac River in violation of federal ... 
... covered by this section the Potomac River, Anacostia River, Washington ... 
... flight from arrest, his use of the Potomac River as an escape route, and his intoxication with ... 
... Andrews to be situated in the Potomac River while intoxicated, such that he was in ... 

Source:  All Sources : Combined Federal & State Case Law - U.S. : Federal and State Caselaw
Terms:  potomac river   (Edit Search)
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Date/Time:  Wednesday, October 18, 2000 - 9:50 AM EDT

 
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