LSI 2010 NRD Santa Fe final conference binder 072110.pdf

LSI 2010 NRD Santa Fe final conference binder 072110.pdf LSI 2010 NRD Santa Fe final conference binder 072110.pdf

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Brian D. Israel of Arnold & Porter LLP Speaker 5a: 4 Gold mining on the shores of the Sacramento river 7/15/2010 Brian D. Israel 7 People v. Gold Run Ditch & Mining Co. (California Supreme Court 1884) Holding: Defendant was permanently enjoined from discharging debris into the rivers. “[T]he rights of the people in the navigable rivers of the State are paramount and controlling. The State holds the absolute right to all navigable waters and the soils under them . . . . The soil she holds as trustee of a public trust for the benefit of the people.” 7/15/2010 Brian D. Israel 8 Law Seminars International | Natural Resource Damages | 07/15/10 in Santa Fe, NM

Brian D. Israel of Arnold & Porter LLP Speaker 5a: 5 People v. Gold Run Ditch & Mining Co. (California Supreme Court 1884) Court also unimpressed with argument that the company’s actions, taken alone, would not have caused the entirety of the nuisance. “It is no answer to a complaint of nuisance that a great many others are committing similar acts of nuisance. Each and every one is liable to a separate action… …and to be restrained.” Holding related to injunctive relief, not damages. 7/15/2010 Brian D. Israel 9 Illinois Central R.R. v. Illinois (U.S. Supreme Court 1892) 7/15/2010 Brian D. Israel 10 Law Seminars International | Natural Resource Damages | 07/15/10 in Santa Fe, NM

Brian D. Israel of Arnold & Porter LLP Speaker 5a: 5<br />

People v. Gold Run Ditch & Mining Co.<br />

(California Supreme Court 1884)<br />

Court also unimpressed with argument that the<br />

company’s actions, taken alone, would not have<br />

caused the entirety of the nuisance.<br />

“It is no answer to a complaint of nuisance that a<br />

great many others are committing similar acts of<br />

nuisance. Each and every one is liable to a<br />

separate action…<br />

…and to be restrained.”<br />

Holding related to injunctive relief, not damages.<br />

7/15/<strong>2010</strong> Brian D. Israel<br />

9<br />

Illinois Central R.R. v. Illinois<br />

(U.S. Supreme Court 1892)<br />

7/15/<strong>2010</strong> Brian D. Israel<br />

10<br />

Law Seminars International | Natural Resource Damages | 07/15/10 in <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Fe</strong>, NM

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