Mono Lake water rights litigation

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California Supreme Court case series environmental lawsuit public trust doctrine case water rights litigation

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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Label	Occurrences
Mono Lake water rights litigation canonical	1
National Audubon Society v. Superior Court (Mono Lake case)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	California Supreme Court case series ⓘ environmental lawsuit ⓘ public trust doctrine case ⓘ water rights litigation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	California Courts of Appeal ⓘ surface form: California Court of Appeal California Superior Courts ⓘ surface form: California Superior Court Supreme Court of California ⓘ surface form: 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	Attorney General of California ⓘ surface form: California Attorney General California State Water Resources Control Board ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: City of Los Angeles Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ Mono Lake Committee ⓘ National Audubon Society ⓘ
jurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
legalIssue	appropriative water rights ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ lake level protection ⓘ public trust doctrine ⓘ water diversion ⓘ
location	Eastern Sierra ⓘ surface form: Eastern Sierra Nevada 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. Superior Court ⓘ surface form: 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 → Mono Lake water rights litigation ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Audubon Society v. Superior Court (Mono Lake case)