Legal Opinion
Caminis v. Troy
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 10, 2009No. AC 28955PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
An ancient principle of the common law is that “the title in the soil of the sea, or of arms of the sea, below ordinary high water mark ... is held subject to the public right, jus publicum, of navigation and fishing.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Idaho v. Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Idaho, 521 U.S. 261, 284, 117 S. Ct. 2028, 138 L. Ed. 2d 438 (1997), quoting Shively v. Bowlby, 152 U.S. 1, 13, 14 S. Ct. 548, 38 L. Ed. 331 (1894). Although Connecticut law has long recognized that “the public, whose representative is the State, is the owner of the soil between high and…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of IdahoSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Cummings v. TrippSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Taylor v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Caminis v. TroySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- Jarvis v. LiederConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
- Town of Glastonbury v. Metro. Dist. Comm'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2018
- CAMINIS v. TroySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Thomas v. PrimusConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
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