GUNDERSON v. STATE, IN DNR

No. 46S03-1706-PL-423.

90 N.E.3d 1171 (2018)

Don H. GUNDERSON and Bobbie J. Gunderson, Co-Trustees of the Don H. Gunderson Living Trust, Appellants/Cross-Appellees (Plaintiffs below), v. STATE of Indiana, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Appellees (Defendants below), Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes, Appellees/Cross-Appellants (Intervenors-Defendants below), Long Beach Community Alliance, Patrick Cannon, John Wall, Doria Lemay, Michael Salmon, and Thomas King, Appellees/Cross-Appellants (Intervenors-Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

FILED February 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS/CROSS-APPELLEES: Michael V. Knight , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, South Bend, Indiana, Peter J. Rusthoven , John R. Maley , Leah L. Seigel , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, Mark L. Phillips , Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LLP, LaPorte, Indiana.

ATTORNEYS FOR AMICUS CURIAE RAY CAHNMAN AND PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION: Mark Miller , Pacific Legal Foundation, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Paul Edgar Harold , Stephen M. Judge , LaDue Curran & Kuehn, LLC, South Bend, Indiana.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES: Curtis T. Hill, Jr. , Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher , Solicitor General, Andrea E. Rahman , Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, Indiana.

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLANTS ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES AND SAVE THE DUNES: Jeffrey B. Hyman , Conservation Law Center, Bloomington, Indiana.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLANTS LONG BEACH COMMUNITY ALLIANCE, ET AL.: Kurt R. Earnst , Braje, Nelson & Janes, LLP, Michigan City, Indiana, Patricia F. Sharkey , Environmental Law Counsel, PC, Chicago, Illinois.


On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 46A03-1508-PL-1116.

A century ago, our Court of Appeals recognized that, among those rights acquired upon admission to the Union, the State owns and holds "in trust" the lands under navigable waters within its borders, "including the shores or space between...

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