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Michigan shoreline public-access ruling survives U.S. Supreme Court review, 2006

Also Great Lakes Beach Access Ruling February 21 2006

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TypeEvent
Date2006-02-21
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2006-02-21
Kind
Legal proceeding
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Modern era
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Summary

On February 21, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the Michigan Supreme Court’s 5–2 ruling allowing public access to the Great Lakes shoreline band between the water’s edge and the high-water mark.

Evidence limits

This record follows the newspaper’s legal summary and does not substitute for the underlying court opinions or define every shoreline condition.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, March 2006, "We can Walk on the Beach!"
    Reports the U.S. Supreme Court's February 21 refusal to hear a challenge to the Michigan Supreme Court's 5–2 shoreline-access ruling concerning public use between the water's edge and high-water mark. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the legal and public-access report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan shoreline public-access ruling survives U.S. Supreme Court review, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-great-lakes-beach-access-ruling-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2006, "We can Walk on the Beach!" (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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