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· 1/13/1953

Witke v. State Conservation Commission

Citations

  • 56 N.W.2d 582
  • 244 Iowa 261
  • 1953 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 388

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding the state’s restriction of access to navigable streams or lakes “is a deprivation of the citizen of his property without due process of law”
  • stating that use of flowing surface water “is subject to the same rights, duties, limitations, and regulations as presently apply to meandered streams”
  • holding the state’s restriction of access to navigable streams or lakes “is a deprivation of the citizen of his property without due process of law”
  • rejecting a fee for access to Clear Lake that was not based on an improvement or service provided
  • state may impose charges for use of improved waterway
  • state may impose charges for use of improved waterway

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Judges: Thompson

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