Navigability For Title - Law
Your Tasks Due Today:
1. Watch the video podcasts shown below before coming to class today.
2. Complete the Video Response Canvas Quiz before coming to class today.
Educational content addessed in this chapter:
- Legal Definitions
- Title
- Public Trust Doctrine
- Equal Footing Doctrine
- Navigation
- Three legal realms of navigability
- The 5 Daniel Ball criteria
- The Montello case
- United States v. Utah
- PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana
Assignment we will work on in class today:
- Assignment 1
Related web links:
- TBD
Video Podcast: Navigability For Title- Part 1
The beds and banks of rivers in the United States are property and they are owned. Who exactly owns them depends on a type of law called "navigability for title". This realm of law is hardly written out by legislation and thus has been determined through Federal court cases.
This 21-minute video is the first of two explaining the legal foundations of navigability for title; it presents the basic legal concepts.
- 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (157 MB file)
- 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (1.22 BB file)
Video Podcast: Navigability For Title- Part 2
The beds and banks of rivers in the United States are property and they are owned. Who exactly owns them depends on a type of law called "navigability for title". This realm of law is hardly written out by legislation and thus has been determined through Federal court cases.
This 17-minute presentation is the second of two explaining the legal foundations of navigability for title; it presents the key cases.
- 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (120 MB file)
- 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (862 MB file)
