Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Property Law & Real Estate : From 10/01/03 To 07/01/04
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law, Mining Law |
| Title: | BEDROC LTD., LLC v. US |
| Date: | 03/31/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-1593 |
| Summary: | Sand and gravel are not "valuable minerals" reserved to the US in land grants issued under the Pittman Underground Water Act. Sand and gravel are abundant throughout Nevada, they have no intrinsic value, and they were commercially worthless when the Act was passed in 1919. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law |
| Title: | VIRGINIA v. MARYLAND |
| Date: | 12/09/03 |
| Case Number: | 129 |
| Summary: | The Black-Jenkins Award, which established the boundaries of control of the Potomac River, gives Virginia sovereign authority, free from regulation by Maryland, to build improvements appurtenant to her shore and to withdraw water from the River, subject to the constraints of federal common law and the Award. Virginia did not lose her sovereign riparian rights by acquiescing in Maryland's regulation of her water withdrawal and waterway construction activities. |