ELR Citation: ELR 20094
No(s). 72-397 (U.S. Dec 17, 1973)

Under federal common law, title to land first submerged by erosion and then re-exposed by stream channelization of the Colorado River vests in the plaintiffs as riparian land owners rather than in Arizona as owner of the riverbed. An analysis of the interests of the parties in the land compels the c...