Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Iowa Department of Natural Resources v. Burlington Basket Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 5, 2002No. 00-0364PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERNUS, Justice.
This case concerns the claim of the appellant, State of Iowa, to an island in the Mississippi River known as Keg Island. The district court concluded that the State had not carried its burden to prove its sovereign ownership of the land and so dismissed the State’s petition to quiet title. The State appeals and we affirm.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
Keg Island is an uninhabited, 128-acre island located in that part of the Mississippi River flowing between Iowa and Illinois. The State of Iowa believes it has sovereign claim to Keg Island based on the island’s location on…
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