The Daniel Ball
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The Daniel Ball
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The Daniel Ball, 77 U.S. 557 (1870), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning whether a given body of water was navigable. The Court's majority opinion, written by Justice Stephen J. Field, held that bodies of water that are "navigable in fact" are considered navigable for legal purposes. This holding contradicted existing British common law, which had defined navigability based on the ebb and flow of the tides. The case originated in a dispute regarding a ship named the Daniel Ball, a
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1870 United States Supreme Court case
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