Public Trust

A Win for the Public Trust

The Public Trust Doctrine grants access to use the land between the low and high water marks of Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline.

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Indiana Court Recognizes Public Right to Walk and Sunbathe on Lake Michigan Shore

This July, La Porte County Judge Richard R. Stalbrink ruled that Indiana holds the state’s Lake Michigan shore in trust for public uses, including swimming,...

Good News on the Lake Michigan Shore

The Center has been representing the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes in a lawsuit in which certain owners of lakeside property...

CLC Defending Public Rights to Lake Michigan Shore

CLC is representing the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes in litigation over the application of the public trust and the boundary...
Indiana Dunes

Safeguarding Public Trust Rights on Lake Michigan

Gunderson v. State, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources & Pavlock v. State...
Power Plant and Hills

Victory: CLC wins at Indiana Supreme Court for the right for environmental orgs to represent their members in litigation

Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation v. Save the Valley, Inc....