Aaron Van Oort, '99: Preparing to Appeal Indiana Supreme Court Decision to the U.S. Supreme Court
Lake Michigan beach access and ownership issues likely to be appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
A years-long legal dispute over who owns Lake Michigan's shoreline may be headed to the nation's highest court.
In February, the Indiana Supreme Court decisively ruled that the shoreline is owned by the state, held in trust for use by all Hoosiers, and the property of lake-adjacent land-owners ends where the soil becomes beach, also known as the ordinary high water mark.
But attorneys for Bobbie and Don Gunderson, the Long Beach couple who claim lakefront property should extend to the water's edge, with owners entitled to exclusive control over "their" beach, are preparing to appeal that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Justice Elena Kagan last week approved without comment a request from Gunderson attorneys Aaron Van Oort and Nicholas Nelson, of the Minneapolis firm Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, to extend to Oct. 5 the deadline for seeking U.S. Supreme Court review.
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