Mono Lake water rights litigation

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Mono Lake water rights litigation refers to the series of landmark legal battles over Los Angeles’s diversion of water from the Mono Basin, which reshaped California water law by strengthening public trust protections for environmental resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf California Supreme Court case series ⓘ
environmental lawsuit ⓘ
public trust doctrine case ⓘ
water rights litigation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court California Court of Appeal ⓘ
California Superior Court ⓘ
California Supreme Court ⓘ
environmentalConcern declining Mono Lake water level ⓘ
exposed lakebed dust emissions ⓘ
increased salinity of Mono Lake ⓘ
loss of bird habitat ⓘ
impact established precedent for integrating public trust doctrine with prior appropriation system ⓘ
influenced later environmental and water rights cases in the United States ⓘ
reshaped California water law ⓘ
involvesParty California Attorney General ⓘ
California State Water Resources Control Board ⓘ
City of Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
Mono Lake Committee ⓘ
National Audubon Society ⓘ
jurisdiction California ⓘ
legalIssue appropriative water rights ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
lake level protection ⓘ
public trust doctrine ⓘ
water diversion ⓘ
location Eastern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Sierra

Mono Basin ⓘ
Mono County, California ⓘ
mainSubject Mono Lake ⓘ
notableDecision 1983 California Supreme Court decision in National Audubon Society v. Superior Court ⓘ
opposingParty Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
Mono Lake Committee ⓘ
National Audubon Society ⓘ
relatedCase National Audubon Society v. Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles ⓘ
National Audubon Society v. Superior Court ⓘ
result protection of Mono Lake water levels ⓘ
recognition that public trust doctrine applies to navigable waters despite existing water rights licenses ⓘ
reduction of water diversions from Mono Basin streams ⓘ
requirement to reconsider Los Angeles water diversion licenses in light of public trust values ⓘ
strengthening of public trust protections for environmental resources in California ⓘ
subjectOf environmental law scholarship ⓘ
public trust doctrine analyses ⓘ
water law casebooks ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ

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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power → subjectOf → Mono Lake water rights litigation ⓘ
Mono Lake → hasLegalCase → National Audubon Society v. Superior Court (Mono Lake case) ⓘ
linked to: Mono Lake water rights litigation