PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana: Tracing the Navigability Test for Title to Its Roots

Lauber, William

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2165573

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PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana: Tracing the Navigability Test for Title to Its Roots

William Samuel Lauber

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April 23, 2012

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This paper, written for a seminar in Natural Resource Law, analyzes the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana. It poses and answers the question of why portage defeats navigability for title but facilitates navigability for regulatory jurisdiction.

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Keywords: navigability, portage

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Date posted: October 23, 2012

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Lauber, William Samuel, PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana: Tracing the Navigability Test for Title to Its Roots (April 23, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2165573 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2165573

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