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The Public Trust Doctrine In Washington, A. Reid Allison Iii
The Public Trust Doctrine In Washington, A. Reid Allison Iii
Seattle University Law Review
This Article addresses questions of resource allocation and property rights, first, by presenting a brief description of the historical and legal foundation of coastal resource allocation in the United States: the “public trust doctrine.” Second, a survey of the Washington experience demonstrates, surprisingly, that a state whose 2,337 miles of marine coastline approximately equals the length of the entire remaining coastline of the contiguous western United States, has managed to establish a viable and responsive regulatory regime governing coastal resource use with scarcely a mention in its laws of the “public trust doctrine.”
The Effect Of Tax Foreclosure Sales On Servitudes: Olympia V. Palze, Daniel W. Galvin
The Effect Of Tax Foreclosure Sales On Servitudes: Olympia V. Palze, Daniel W. Galvin
Seattle University Law Review
This Note analyzes the historical position taken by Washington courts regarding servitudes and tax sales prior to and subsequent to the 1959 statute dealing with easements. The Note next examines the Palzer holding, the degree to which it aligns Washington's position with that of the majority, and its limited support for future litigation involving other forms of servitudes.