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Bonelli Cattle Co. Vs. Arizona

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Dec 17, 1973

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  2. Shively Vs. Bowlby US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1894
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  4. Hughes Vs. Washington US Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1967
  5. Philadelphia Co. Vs. Stimson US Supreme Court · Mar 04, 1912
  6. Yates Vs. Milwaukee US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1870
  7. County of St. Clair Vs. Lovingston US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1875
  8. Barney Vs. Keokuk US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1876
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  10. United States Vs. Rands US Supreme Court · Nov 13, 1967
  11. Goodtitle Vs. Kibbe US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1850
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  12. U.S. 313 (1973) U.S. Supreme Court Bonelli Cattle Co. v. Arizona
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  13. U.S. 313 (1973) Bonelli Cattle Co. v. Arizona
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  14. Weber v. Board
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  15. their title to the bed of a navigable river mechanically follows the river's gradual changes in course. See Oklahoma v. Texas
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  16. whether petitioner, as a riparian owner, had any interest in the land thereafter. As the Court said in Arkansas v. Tennessee
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  17. River or whether that title is defeasible by the withdrawal of those waters. As this Court observed in Borax, Ltd. v. Los
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  18. Arkansas v. Tennessee
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  19. supra, and the cases cited therein are not to the contrary. In Arkansas v. Tennessee
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  20. a matter determined by federal law. 246 U.S. at 246 U. S. 176 . Similarly, in Shively v. Bowlby
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  21. Id. at 152 U. S. 43 . In Barney v. Keokuk
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  22. waters to riparian owners after recognizing that, under federal law such lands belong to the States. See also Scott v. Lattig
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  23. claim to the disputed land. Historically, title to the beds beneath navigable waters is held by the sovereign, Barney v. Keokuk
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  24. U. S. 371 , 140 U. S. 381 (1891). See United States v. Kansas
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  25. and is part and parcel of the ownership of the land itself. Hughes v. Washington
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  26. of accretion applies to changes in the river course due to artificial as well as natural causes. County of St. Clair v. Lovingston
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  27. United States v. Claridge
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  28. former river stream remains at that line, even if the result is to cut off a landowner's riparian rights. St. Louis v. Rutz
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  29. were the accretion principle to be applied. As this Court, quoting from 8 Op.Atty.Gen. 175, observed in Nebraska v. Iowa
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  30. doctrine should provide a disposition of the land as between the riparian owner and the State. See Michaelson v. Silver
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  31. New Orleans v. United
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  32. a question which we find unnecessary to decide on our view of the case. As MR. JUSTICE STEWART warned in Hughes v. Washington
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  33. Paul Water Comm'rs, 168 U. S. 349 (1897), or to build a wharf over the water, Shively v. Bowlby
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  34. the owner of the riparian character of his property in the exercise of its navigational servitude. United States v. Rands
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  35. that depriving Bonelli of the subject land is necessary to any navigational or related purpose. Cf. United States v. River
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  36. Colberg, Inc. v. State
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  37. but the State's attempt to completely divest all of Bonelli's title and interest in the subject land. See Yates v. Milwaukee
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  38. The Colorado River has been determined to be a navigable waterway, Arizona v. California
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  39. U. S. 423 (1931), and, once found to be navigable, it remains so. United States v. Appalachian
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  40. as amicus curiae, assert that this case should be governed by federal law for a different reason. In Hughes v. Washington
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  41. State v. Gill
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  42. The Supreme Court of Arizona relied on this Court's decisions in Goodtitle v. Kibbe
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  43. How. 471 (1850), and Pollard's Lessee v. Hagan
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  44. of the navigational purpose limitation on the State's interest in the lands beneath its waterways, see United States v. River
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  45. Michaelson v. Silver
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  46. of the State's interests should not be narrowly construed, because it is denominated a navigational purpose. See Zabel v. Tabb
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  47. In contrast, this Court's decision in Marine R. & Coal Co. v. United
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  48. People v. Hecker
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  49. U.S.Code Cong. & Ad. News 1395-1640. Congress was concerned about this Court's decision in United States v. California
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  50. E.g., Nebraska v. Iowa
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