Nollan v. California Coastal Commission

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1987-06-26

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*865 Justice Blackmun, dissenting. I do not understand the Court’s opinion in this case to implicate in any way the public-trust doctrine. The Court certainly had no reason to address the issue, for the Court of Appeal of California did not rest its decision on Art. X, § 4, of the California Constitution. Nor did the parties base their arguments before thi…

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