is considered an important case in the evolution of the law of rivers, streams, lakes, and other bodies of water, for it established that such bodies of water and their beds belonged to the public in common and were held in trust by the state for its citizens. The Supreme Court further developed this public trust doctrine in Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois in 1892 and more recently in Utah Division of State Lands v. United States, 482 U.S. 193, 203 (1987). See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 174 Maryland v. West Virginia Further reading References External links United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Fuller Court United States Supreme Court original jurisdiction cases United States public land law United States water case law Property law in the United States 1899 in United States case law Internal territorial disputes of the United States Legal history of Virginia Legal history of Maryland Legal history of the District of Columbia Potomac River