Lake Michigan Fed'n v. Corps of Eng'rs

ELR Citation: ELR 20111
No(s). 90 C 2809 (N.D. Ill. Jun 22, 1990)

The court finds that the conveyance of lakebed property by the state legislature to a university for campus expansion violates the public trust doctrine. The Illinois Legislature conveyed nearly 20 acres of lakebed to Loyola University of Chicago for a campus expansion plan, which included unrestric...