North Dakota ex rel Bd. of Univ. & Sch. Lands v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20432
No(s). 91-2725 (8th Cir. Aug 10, 1992)

The court holds that a district court was not clearly erroneous in ruling that the United States has title to the riverbeds of the Little Missouri River in North Dakota, because the state failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the river was navigable when North Dakota became a state...