This Court has since affirmed these principles. And Indiana 'in its sovereign capacity is without power to convey or curtail the right of its people in the bed of Lake Michigan.' Id.

46A03–1508–PL–1116Ī century ago, our Court of Appeals recognized that, among those rights acquired upon admission to the Union, the State owns and holds 'in trust' the lands under navigable waters within its borders, 'including the shores or space between ordinary high and low water marks, for the benefit of the people of the state. On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. Sharkey, Environmental Law Counsel, PC, Chicago, Illinois Earnst, Braje, Nelson & Janes, LLP, Michigan City, Indiana, Patricia F. Hyman, Conservation Law Center, Bloomington, IndianaĪttorneys for Appellees/Cross–Appellants Long Beach Community Alliance, et al. Rahman, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IndianaĪttorney for Appellees/Cross–Appellants Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes : Jeffrey B. Hill, Jr., Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Judge, LaDue Curran & Kuehn, LLC, South Bend, IndianaĪttorneys for Appellees : Curtis T. Phillips, Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LLP, LaPorte, IndianaĪttorneys for Amicus Curiae Ray Cahnman and Pacific Legal Foundation : Mark Miller, Pacific Legal Foundation, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Paul Edgar Harold, Stephen M. Seigel, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, Mark L. Knight, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, South Bend, Indiana, Peter J. Sharkey, Environmental Law Counsel, PC, Chicago, IllinoisĪttorneys for Appellants/Cross–Appellees : Michael V. Hyman, Conservation Law Center, Bloomington, Indiana Attorneys for Appellees/Cross–Appellants Long Beach Community Alliance, et al.: Kurt R. Rahman, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, Indiana Attorney for Appellees/Cross–Appellants Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes: Jeffrey B. Judge, LaDue Curran & Kuehn, LLC, South Bend, Indiana Attorneys for Appellees: Curtis T. Phillips, Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LLP, LaPorte, Indiana Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Ray Cahnman and Pacific Legal Foundation: Mark Miller, Pacific Legal Foundation, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Paul Edgar Harold, Stephen M. Attorneys for Appellants/Cross–Appellees: Michael V.

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