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MSA SC 5796-34-3
Collection	Potomac History (PotomacHistory website) Collection
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Dates	2011/01/11
Medium	Original
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United States of America, Appellant v. Old Dominion Boat Club, Appellee. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. TATEL, Circuit Judge: Through this action to quiet title to certain “filled,” i.e., reclaimed, lands lying on the bed of the Potomac River, the United States seeks to secure public access to the Alexandria, Virginia, waterfront. Defendant, the Old Dominion Boat Club, is an Alexandria private social club the bulk of whose property lies on that filled land. The district court held that despite the United States’ ownership of the riverbed, Old Dominion had not trespassed nor was it obligated to provide public access because, as a riparian owner abutting District of Columbia waters, it had the right to lay fill and build wharves. Since binding circuit precedent recognizes just such a right, we affirm.

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