Richard Frank Notes Impact of Rare Legal Doctrines in Environmental Lawsuits
San Francisco Daily Journal, Dec. 3, 2008 by Fiona Smith
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This suit is markedly different because it invokes potentially powerful but rarely used legal doctrines such as the public trust doctrine and reasonable use, said Richard Frank…. “Various people have been advancing the notion that these legal doctrines have direct relevance to the environmental problems currently facing the delta. This lawsuit brings that theory front and center,” Frank said.
