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Should the public trust doctrine be expanded to the use of groundwater?

August 10, 2017 | By JEREMY TALCOTT

This morning PLF filed this amicus brief in the California Court of Appeal for the Third District in support of the County of Siskiyou. We asked the Court of Appeal to overturn this superior court decision, which expanded public trust considerations to permits issued for the use of groundwater. Adopting the superior court’s rationale could & ...

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Water, water everywhere – in California courts

September 12, 2014 | By TONY FRANCOIS

California is suffering an historic drought: there is not enough water to go around.  The state’s courthouses may be the only places that have had their fill of water of this year, or at least had their fill of fights about it.  Last week PLF asked the state Supreme Court to review whether the public … ...