The majority's argument led to a tautology in which no riparian rights existed.
Such payments will have to be made before we can begin to buy out the companies that hold riparian rights.
All have denied any knowledge in this matter of riparian rights.
The court upheld the validity and primacy of riparian rights by a vote of four to three.
Do riparian rights have any influence on upstream water withdrawals?
A number of rights may be listed as riparian rights.
Depending on the jurisdiction in which a watercourse is located, riparian rights generally fall into one of three categories.
For example, many common law jurisdictions recognize riparian rights, which are protected by property law.
The doctrine of riparian rights is an old one, having its origins in English common law.
New Jersey has riparian rights to about 244,000 acres now or formerly washed by tidal flow.