Legal Opinion
State v. Slotness
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 19, 1971No. 42485PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
A declaratory judgment action was instituted by the state, during the pendency of condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of land for interstate highway purposes, to determine whether the state must pay just compensation to the defendant condemnee for the taking of his land on the shore of Lake Superior. This appeal is from summary judgment adverse to the state.
The determinative issue is whether a riparian owner of dry upland property on the shore of a navigable lake, assumed for the purposes of summary judgment to have created new dry land out to the point of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Philadelphia Co. v. StimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Union Bridge Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Lamprey v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Co. v. GarrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Lewis Blue Point Oyster Cultivation Co. v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Park Elm Homeowner's Ass'n v. MooneyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1987
- Schramm v. SpottswoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 2012
- Cove Properties, Inc. v. Walter Trent Marina, Inc.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1999
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