Week 4 Flashcards
Public trust limits the __
power of govt to convert public property into private
Public trust is grounded in ___
state common law
____ are central to the public trust doctrine because of the ___
Navigable waters, huge transportation cost problem
Public trust is not part of the discussion with ___
airspace/public highways
Public highways are governed by ___
political process
Public trust doctrine is overall undefined doctrine that says Court can ___
say yes or no to projects somewhat related to navigable waters
Illinois Central says that the state holds ____
title to submerged lands in navigable waters in trust for the people so can’t transfer it away permanently
Illinois Central says prior transfer was ___
merely revocable license
Public trust ___ to federal govt
does not apply
Illinois Central says that the state may be able to transfer ___ OR ___
small parcels that promote the public interest, don’t substantially impair the public trust
Illinois Central says that the project here is ___
too large to meet small parcel requirement
Public trust doctrine is ____ in Illinois
most developed
In Paepke, Illinois began to protect ___
recreational uses with public trust
In Illinois, Courts have blocked _____ under the public trust
attempts to approve changes in use for previously water filled land
Public trust in NY says that public trust is ___ and requires that the ___
a presumption, leg speak explicitly before privatization of trust resources can take place
WI says that public trust comes from ___ so __
state constitution, requires approval from state DNR
HI says that public trust comes from ___ so ___
state constitution, establishes state ownership of all water sources
In Hawaii, ___ is a public resource
groundwater
In CA, grants of public trust land pass absolute title when ____ but if not _____
when promote navigation and commerce, grant gives title subject to the public trust
In CA, public trust includes ___ and __
Mono Lake (navigable), streams
____ are the most contested public rights issue
beaches
In Michigan, all ____ is in the public trust
land within highwater mark
In almost every state ____ is public but ______ is controversial
wet beach, up to vegetation line
Thorton says that state can ____
restrict property owner’s use of dry sand area
Thornton cites no ___
single Oregon case where custom invoked
Thorton explores different options like ____ but settles on ___ establishing public rights
prescriptive easements/implied dedication, common law custom
Thornton applies to ____
all wet sand beaches in Oregon
If Thorton applied a public prescriptive easement it would require ___
parcel by parcel litigation
Blackstone’s common law doctrine of custom
(1) ancient
(2) right exercised w/o interruption
(3) peaceable and free from dispute
(4) reasonableness
(5) certainty (subject to visible boundaries)
(6) obligatory
(7) not inconsistent with other customs or the law
What does Blackstone mean by obligatory
individual LOs can’t decide whether to allow public to use dry sands adjacent to property
Certain interests may be inappropriate for treatment as property because they are ___
too closely connected with personhood
Body parts and fluids inside the body are ___
not thought of as property
Penner separation thesis says that __
things separate from owners are “things” and can be property
Once completely separated we can treat body parts as property like ___
lock of hair, ashes, Moore’s spleen cells in the doctor’s hands
What is the zone of controversy with body parts
transition from being part of living body to complete separation
Moore says that there is a cause of action for ____ but NOT ___
fiduciary duty and disclosure obligations, conversion
Moore says UCLA had ___
property rights in the spleen cells