Legal Opinion
Utah v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 7, 1971No. 31 ORIGPublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This suit was initiated by Utah to resolve a dispute between it and the United States as to shorelands around the Great Salt Lake. Utah’s claim to the lands is premised on the navigability of the' lake at the date of statehood, viz., January 4, 1896. If indeed the lake were navigable at that time, the claim of Utah would override any claim of the United States, with the possible exception of a claim based on the doctrine of reliction, not now before us.
The operation of the “equal footing” principle has accorded newly admitted States the same property interests in submerged lands as was…
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