Resources seaward of Continental Shelf
United States Code
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- 2021Earth Island Institute v. Crystal Geyser Water Company N.D. Cal.
- 2011Pacific Merchant Shipping Ass'n v. Goldstene 9th Cir.
- 2011Northeast Research, LLC v. One Shipwrecked Vessel W.D.N.Y.
- 1990Mississippi v. United States U.S.
- 1988Amoco Production Co. v. Sea Robin Pipeline Co. 5th Cir.
- 1984Secretary of the Interior v. California U.S.
- 1982California v. Watt 9th Cir.
- 1975United States v. Maine U.S.
- 1970United States v. Louis M. Ray 5th Cir.
- 1970United States v. Ray 5th Cir.
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Nothing in this subchapter or subchapter II shall be deemed to affect in any wise the rights of the United States to the natural resources of that portion of the subsoil and seabed of the Continental Shelf lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath navigable waters, as defined in section 1301 of this title, all of which natural resources appertain to the United States, and the jurisdiction and control of which by the United States is confirmed. (Source: (May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, § 9, 67 Stat. 32.))