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State of California Ex Rel. State Lands Commission v. Superior Court

California Supreme Court

Decided August 31, 1995No. S037729PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

ARABIAN, J.

Beginning in 1848, and accelerating rapidly in 1849, gold lured fortune seekers to California. Hordes of prospectors panning or using other primitive methods quickly snatched up the wealth lying on the surface and in riverbeds. Soon, more advanced and environmentally intrusive techniques were utilized to reach the more inaccessible treasure hiding within the California hills. The era of hydraulic mining began. Miners washed the land away with water, extracting gold in the process.

Before being halted over 100 years ago, hydraulic mining caused enormous quantities of silt and…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Funk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  4. City of Long Beach v. MansellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Barney v. KeokukSupreme Court of the United States · 1877

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Lungren v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
  2. People v. MassieCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Sweetwater Union High Sch. Dist. v. Gilbane Bldg. Co.California Supreme Court · 2019
  4. Beilenson v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996
  5. City of Long Beach v. Department of Industrial RelationsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004

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