"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 15 Sep 2006 18:39:05 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

This ruling should be applauded by land owners who feel that private
property rights should supercede public access.

I'm sure it will be, but it's an odd ruling in that there already was
an established Federal guide which this judge has just junked.

There is potential here for some problematic issues like access to
beach front for example.

My only experience with the beach front idea comes from reading endless
newspaper articles about it when I lived on the South Fork of L.I.
IIRC, the law was so vague that it was eventually rewritten to say
"forget riparian rights - the beach is not yours no matter how many
millions you paid for the house". So, you can walk from Shinnecock all
the way to Montauk without being accosted.
In minnesota, the public water goes to the "ordinary high water mark". I
thought these sorts of things were state issues.