Legal Opinion
California Ex Rel. State Lands Commission v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided September 9, 1982No. 89 ORIGPublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The issue before the Court is the ownership of oceanfront land created through accretion to land owned by the United States on the coast of California. The decision turns on whether federal or state law governs the issue.
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From the time of California s admission to the Union in 1850, the United States owned the upland on the north side of the entrance channel to Humboldt Bay, Cal. In 1859 and 1871, the Secretary of the Interior ordered that certain of these lands, which fronted on the Pacific Ocean, the channel, and Humboldt Bay be reserved from public sale.1 Since that time the land has been…
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