Joan M. GLASS, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Richard A. GOECKEL and Kathleen D. Goeckel, Defendants-Appellees.
Supreme Court of Michigan.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 8, 2005.
Decided July 29, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Weiner & Burt, P.C. (by Pamela S. Burt), Harrisville, MI, for the plaintiff.
Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner P.L.C. (by Scott C. Strattard), Saginaw, MI, for the defendants.
Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and S. Peter Manning and Sara R. Gosman, Assistant Attorneys General, Lansing, MI, for amici curiae the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Natural Resources.
Butzel Long (by James A. Gray III), Detroit, MI, for amici curiae Michigan Land Use Institute.
John William Mulcrone, Lansing, MI, for amici curiae Michigan Senate Democratic Caucus.
Allan Falk, P.C. (by Allan Falk), Okemos, MI, and Nancie G. Marzulla, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Defenders of Property Rights.
Smith, Martin, Powers & Knier, P.C. (by David L. Powers), Bay City, MI, for amici curiae Save Our Shoreline and Great Lakes Coalition, Inc.
Frank J. Kelley and Kelley Cawthorne, Lansing, MI, for amici curiae Representatives Brian Palmer, Daniel Acciavatti, Fran Amos, Richard Ball, Rick Baxter, Darwin Booher, Jack Brandenburg, Tom Casperson, Leon Drolet, Edward Gaffney, John Garfield, Robert Gosselin, Kevin Green, Dave Hildenbrand, Jack Hoogendyk, Joe Hune, Rick Jones, Roger Kahn, Philip LaJoy, David Law, Jim Marleau, Tom Meyer, Leslie Mortimer, Neal Nitz, John Pastor, Phil Pavlov, Tom Pearce, John Proos IV, David Robertson, Tonya Schuitmaker, Rick Shaffer, Fulton Sheen, John Stahl, John Stakoe, Glenn Steil, Shelley Taub, Barb Vander Veen, and Lorence Wenke, and Senator Jim Barcia.
Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones P.L.C. (by Fredric N. Goldberg, William A. Horn, and Ronald M. Redick), Grand Rapids, MI, for amici curiae Michigan Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation, Michigan Bankers Association, and Michigan Hotel, Motel, and Resort Association.
Chris A. Shafer, Lansing, MI, for amici curiae Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council.
Noah D. Hall, Ann Arbor, MI, for amici curiae National Wildlife Federation and Michigan United Conservation Clubs.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
CORRIGAN, J.
The issue presented in this case is whether the public has a right to walk along the shores of the Great Lakes where a private landowner ostensibly holds title to the water's edge. To resolve this issue we must consider two component questions: (1) how the public trust doctrine affects private littoral1 title; and (2) whether the public trust encompasses walking among the public rights protected by the public trust doctrine...
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