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Aronow v. Minnesota

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Minnesota
Year
2011
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Aronow v. Minnesota

About this case

Filing year
2011
Status
Opinion issued affirming dismissal.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Minnesota
Docket number
A12-0585
Court/admin entity
United States → State Courts → Minnesota Court of Appeals (Minn. Ct. App.)
Case category
Public Trust Claims (US)
Principal law
United States → Minnesota Environmental Rights ActUnited States → Public Trust Doctrine
At issue
Challenge under the public trust doctrine to Minnesota's failure to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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Documents

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10/01/2012
Opinion issued affirming dismissal.
On appeal, a state appellate court affirmed the dismissal of the action, holding that the public trust doctrine only applied to navigable waters and did not apply to the atmosphere.
Decision

Summary

Challenge under the public trust doctrine to Minnesota's failure to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

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Risk
Impacted group
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas