Environmental & Energy,
California Supreme Court
Oct. 28, 2020
California and Nevada take different views of public trust doctrine
The Nevada Supreme Court recently issued a landmark decision interpreting the public trust doctrine that is fundamentally inconsistent with how the California Supreme Court interpreted the doctrine in its own landmark decision nearly 40 years ago.
The Nevada Supreme Court recently issued a landmark decision interpreting the public trust doctrine that is fundamentally inconsistent with how the California Supreme Court interpreted the doctrine in its own landmark decision nearly 40 years ago.
The public trust doctrine, in its modern iteration, holds that the state has sovereign authority and control over its navigable waters and lands underlying the waters, and that the state h...
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