- Date
- 2006-02-21
- Kind
- Legal proceeding
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governmenthistoryconservationpropertyrecreationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
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.
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Sources
- 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
- The held issue scan confirms the legal and public-access report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
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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