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Hydraulic Empire, Joseph L. Sax May 1993

Hydraulic Empire, Joseph L. Sax

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Great Thirst: Californians and Water, 1170s-1990s by Norris Hundley, Jr.


State Control Over The Reclamation Waterhole: Reality Or Mirage, Michigan Law Review Dec 1979

State Control Over The Reclamation Waterhole: Reality Or Mirage, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note assesses how much state law section 8 saves from preemption. Section I reviews the interplay of state and federal water law in the West. It begins with a brief description of appropriation, the system of water rights found in the Western states, outlines the Reclamation Act of 1902, and then traces the Supreme Court's evolving construction of the Act. It culminates in a discussion of California v. United States, the Court's latest gloss on section 8. Section II expands the analysis of the California decision, integrating it with traditional preemption doctrine. It shows that section 8 respects …


Sax: Water Law, Planning And Policy: Cases And Materials, Lynton K. Caldwell Feb 1969

Sax: Water Law, Planning And Policy: Cases And Materials, Lynton K. Caldwell

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Water Law, Planning and Policy: Cases and Materials by Joseph L. Sax


Real Property - Easements - Right To Take Water From A Pond As Absolute, Exclusive Profit In Gross, Stephen J. Martin S.Ed. Dec 1954

Real Property - Easements - Right To Take Water From A Pond As Absolute, Exclusive Profit In Gross, Stephen J. Martin S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

One Divine owned a small natural lake and a mill nearby. He dammed the lake, and ran a pipe from it to his mill. At times he sold water after it left the mill to defendant's assignor, who owned a hotel near the mill. In 1919 Divine sold the lake to plaintiff's assignor, reserving to himself the right to dam the lake and draw off water from it, so long as the level stayed between high and low water marks. Then Divine sold the mill lot to defendant's assignor, who closed it down, but continued to take water through the …