Soto Mercado v. Otero Quintana

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• holding that government-induced shoaling in a non-navigable portion of a navigable river was within the scope of the servitude
• holding that “[t]he navigation easement is not limited to the thread of the stream where vessels pass, but extends from ordinary high water on one side to ordinary high water on the other”
• boats drawing three feet of water used navigable waterbodies for fishing and hunting purposes and “[Hogging and fishing

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