Weekly Cases Update Volume 44, Issue 9

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Volume 44, Issue 21

ELR 2016212-0827(Iowa, )

The Supreme Court of Iowa held that an Iowan who works for an environmental nonprofit group may sit on the state's Environmental Protection Commission and may vote to adopt rules which she actively supports both professionally and personally.

Keywords:
Water pollution
ELR 2015834-2010-80000583(Cal. Super. Ct., )

A California court held that the public trust doctrine protects navigable waterways from harm caused by groundwater extraction.

Keywords:
Groundwater, Navigable waters, Water rights

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