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Environmental Science

The Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resource Litigation

Quick fact

In the 1892 case Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state could not sell the Chicago waterfront because the public trust doctrine forbids giving away public resources.

Why this is interesting

Imagine if the ocean could be bought and fenced off by a single company. What stops that from happening? The answer might be older than the country itself.