• ARCHIVES OF SANDBAR •

Volume 8, Number 1
Editor: Terra Bowling
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Court Invalidates New Jersey Public Access Rules
  
• California Court Defers to State Agencies on Public Trust Question
  
• Georgia Supreme Court Rules Act Does Not Apply
  
• Town Board Grants Variance for Construction within Set Back
  
• Court Upholds City’s Amendment Limiting Harbor Development
  
• Florida Court Eases Standing Requirement for Development Challenges
  
• Court Overturns Board’s Decision Allowing Septic System in Coastal Dune
  
• Appellate Court Imposes Strict Requirements on Citizen Suits
  
• Organization’s Objection to Marine Terminal Is Untimely
  
• Publication Announcements
  
• Coast to Coast

Volume 7, Number 4
Editor: Terra Bowling
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Supreme Court Says Navy May Continue Sonar Training
  
• Minnesota Requires Permit for Ballast Water Discharges in Lake Superior
  
• Florida’s Beach Renourishment Act Upheld
  
• EPA May Obtain Administrative Warrants Under TSCA
  
• Court Dismisses Claim on Atoll
  
• Alaska Denies Compensation for Shorter Salmon Season
  
• Sailboat Passenger Partially Liable for Loss of Taste and Smell
  
• Oregon Court Upholds Crab Pot Regulations
  
• Federal Legislation 2008
  
• International Law Update
  
• Coast to Coast

Volume 7, Number 3
Editor: Terra Bowling
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Aquaculture Research Project Survives Motion for Preliminary Injunction
  
• Court Dismisses Family Members’ Claims of Emotional Distress
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Exxon Valdez Punitive Damages
  
• Transfer of Riparian Rights Under Scrutiny in Wisconsin
  
• Ecosystem-based Management in the Gulf of Mexico: Opportunities and Challenges
  
• Hawaii Superferry Litigation Continues
  
• LNG Terminal in Baltimore Receives Federal Approval
  
• Coast Guard Must Consider Impact of Shipping Routes on Right Whales
  
• Ninth Circuit Examines Whether Dogs Are Livestock
  
• Ninth Circuit Grants Partial Reprieve to California Sea Lions
  
• Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit Alleging Contraction of Hepatitis A from Undercooked Mussels
  
• Coast to Coast
  

Volume 7, Number 2
Editor: Terra Bowling
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Supreme Court Finds New Jersey and Delaware Share Jurisdiction
• California’s Emissions Regulations Preempted
• Court Vacates Monitoring and Enforcement Requirements
• Water Wars Continue in Southeastern States
• No Sanctions for Vessel Carrying Shark Fins
• Spain Precluded from Bringing Oil Spill Case in U.S. Court
• Limited-Entry Statutory Scheme Is Constitutional
• Minnesota Court of Appeals Dismisses Nonprofit’s Suit
• Department Lacked Authority to Regulate under State’s Shoreline Management Act
• “But I Own It . . . I Think.” The Joys of Copyright Ownership
  
• Coast to Coast
  

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Volume 7, Number 1
Editor: Terra Bowling
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Takings 101
• Court Finds Regulatory Taking of Developer’s Property
  
• Court Dismisses Commercial Fishing License Claims
  
• Rolling Beach Easement not a Taking
  
• Court Denies Regulatory Taking in Designated Port Area
  
• Landowners Prevail in Beach Access Case
  
• Court Rejects Condemnation of Private Property under Salmon Recovery Act
  
• Restriction on Water Use Not a Per Se Taking
  
• Permit to Remove Sand Is an Imminent Injury to Beachgoers
  
• Corps Liable for Shoreline Erosion on Lake Michigan
  
• Protecting Your Copyrighted Works
  
• Coast to Coast

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Volume 6, Number 4
Editor: Terra Bowling
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Hawaii DOT Must Prepare an EA for Superferry
  
• Court Grants Injunction in Navy Sonar Case
  
• Eleventh Circuit Uses “Significant Nexus” Test
  
• Litigation Update
• Alaska Upholds Commercial Fishery Decision
  
• NPDES Permit May Allow Photography of Premises
  
• Seaman Bound by Employment Contract
  
• Court Dismisses Seaman’s MRSA Claim
  
• DOSHA Applies to Jet-Ski Accident in Bahamian Waters
  
• Ski Resort Plan Approval in Violation of NEPA and NFMA
  
• Using Copyrighted Works
  
• Federal Legislation, 2007
• International Law Update
• Coast to Coas

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Volume 6, Number 3
Editor: Terra Bowling
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Property Owners Lack Standing to Sue Nestle
• The Basics of Copyright Protection
• City’s Liability Waiver Invalid
• Herring Net Pen Permit Upheld for Aquaculture Use
• Exxon Must Use State Law to Calculate Prejudgment Interest
• Photographer Aboard Ship is Not a Maritime Employee
• Crawfish Etouffee Not Subject to Antidumping Duty Order
• Illegal Lobster Importers Not Required to Pay Restitution
• Tourist’s Liability Waiver Upheld
• Book Review: Disasters and the Law
• Horseshoe Crabs up for Grabs
• Litigation Update
• SandBar Scramble (Crossword)
    Crossword Answers
• Coast to Coast

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Volume 6, Number 2
Editor: Terra Bowling
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Supreme Court Rules EPA’s Denial to Regulate
  
• District Courts May Take Quickest Path to Dismissal
  
• Pennsylvania Trial Court Preserves Public Access
  
• “Dolphin Safe” Tuna Retains Its Meaning
  
• Ninth Circuit Rules for Environmental Groups in Salmon Case
  
• Ninth Circuit Finalizes Punitive Damages in Exxon Valdez Spill
  
• Texas Court Invalidates Gulf Red Snapper Plan
  
• Accidental Bomb Leads to Legal Malpractice Suit
  
• Courts Upholds Tax Deduction for Lake Michigan Conservation Easement
  
• Project Jeopardizes South Carolina Wetlands
  
• Coast to Coast

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Volume 6, Number 1
Editor: Terra Bowling
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• State Farm Not Acting as a “Good Neighbor”?
  
• Letter from the Editor
  
• In the Wake of Katrina, Mississippi Approves Onshore Casinos
  
• Federal Judge Rules Against State Farm in Katrina Case
  
• Several Insurance Policies Provide Coverage from Levee-Breach Flooding
  
• Report Blames Corps for Levee Breaches
  
• FEMA Evicts Evacuees without Adequate Explanation
  
• LA Supreme Court Finds Insurance Claims Extenstions Constitutional
  
• Hospital Negligence Class Action Remanded to Louisiana State Court
  
• From Sea to Shining Sea (Grant) -- Forty Years of Research through the National Sea Grant College Act
  
• Coast to Coast

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Volume 5, Number 4
Editor: Stephanie Showalter
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• First Circuit Interprets Rapanos to Determine Which Test to Apply
  
• Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Fishermen’s Class Action Suit
  
• Coast Guard Withdraws Live-Fire Training Proposal in Great Lakes
  
• 2006 Knauss Fellow Reflections
  
• Tort Claims Against Ocean City Drown on Appeal
  
• Hawaii Supreme Court Reaffirms Definition of Shoreline
  
• Ninth Circuit Finds Rental Company Had No Duty to Warn
  
• Fish and Wildlife Service Must Comply with Endangered Species Act Requirements
  
• Oil Company Cleanup Halted by Injunction
  
• Cruise Ship Liable for Minor’s Claims
  
• International Law Update
• 2006 Federal Legislative Update
• Coast to Coast

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Volume 5, Number 3
Editor: Stephanie Showalter
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Ninth Circuit Issues First Wetlands Decision Post-Rapanos
• District Court Preempts Massachusetts’ Oil Spill Prevention Act
  
• Fourth Circuit Demands Tougher Sentence for First-Time Offender
  
• The Legal Viability of the 2001 UNESCO Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention
• Court Rules on Lease of Lands in Alaska’s Northwest Planning Area
  
• Court Upholds Protection of Critical Dune Area on Lake Michigan
  
• Publication Announcement
• Sunken Ship Subject to Admiralty Jurisdiction
  
• Arkansas Regulations not Preempted by Migratory Bird Treaty Act
• Company not Exonerated for Snuba Diving Death
  
• Book Review
    Killing our Oceans: Dealing with the Mass Extinction of Marine Life
  
• Court Upholds Hydroelectric Project Relicensing
• Study Finds Benefits of Consuming Seafood Outweigh Risk

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Volume 5, Number 2
Editor: Stephanie Showalter
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Supreme Court Fails to Clarify Limits of Corps’ Wetland Jurisdiction
• Reflections of a Knauss Fellow: Thomas Street
  
• Failure to Designate Critical Habitat Not a Continuing Violation
  
• District Court Vacates Steller Sea Lion Research Permits
• District Court May Exercise Jurisdiction Over Norwegian Shipping Companies
• No “Right to a View” of the Coastline from the Ocean
  
• Court Vacates Anacostia River TMDLs
• Honolulu’s Aerial Advertising Ban Is Constitutional
  
• Supreme Court Affirms States’ Role in Dam Licensing
• District Court Allows Evidence Obtained by Coast Guard
• Angler with Revoked License May Fish During Free Weekend
• Book Announcements
     Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Interdependent World
     Seeking the Sacred Raven: Politics and Extinction on a Hawaiian Island
  
• Coast To Coast (And Everything in Between)

Volume 5, Number 1
Editor: Stephanie Showalter
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Bottled Water Dispute Boils Over
• California Court Trashes Plan to Reduce Litter in the Los Angeles River
  
• Knauss Program Accepts Three Law Students
• First Circuit Finds CWA Jurisdiction over Cranberry Farm
• Titanic Not Subject to the Law of Finds
• Third Circuit Untangles Complicated Shipping Dispute
  
• Disposal Site Selection is a Discretionary Function
• Florida Sea Grant and University of Florida Law School Partner to Support Public Access Policy Initiatives
  
• Seattle Cannot Impose Additional Safety Standards for Hazardous Pipeline
• Book Review
       The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation
  
• Alaska Has Jurisdiction over Crime Committed in Canadian Waters
• Ninth Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Reopening of Swordfish Fishery
  
• Coast To Coast (And Everything in Between

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Volume 4, Number 4
Editor: Stephanie Showalter
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Michigan Supreme Court Protects Public’s Right to Walk on Beach
• Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Issuance of Permits for King William Reservoir
• Pharmaceutical Research Delayed for Lack of Environmental Review
• First Circuit Upholds Rhode Island Lobster Regulation
• Ninth Circuit Upholds the Corps’ Adjacency Jurisdiction Over Wetlands
• Lawsuit Against Cessna Aircraft Dismissed for Failure to Allege Non-economic Damages
• North Carolina Court Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Public Access Rights
• Court Refuses to Recognize Lesser Offense of Attempted DUI
• The Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide 2005-2006 Now Available
• Agencies Suffer Another Setback in Management of Klamath River Basin
• Aruba Resort Has Duty to Warn
• Reflections of a Knauss Fellow: Part 4
• 2005 Federal Legislative Update
• 2005 International Law Update
  
• Book Review
• Salmon Wars: The Battle for the West Coast Salmon Fishery
  
• Coast To Coast (And Everything in Between)

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Volume 4, Number 3
Editor: Stephanie Showalter
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

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Volume 4, Number 2
Editor: Stephanie Showalter
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Mariana Islands Lacks Authority Over Its Submerged Lands
• Attorney and Expert Witness Fees Awarded in New Carissa Litigation
• Takings Claim Reconsidered in Light of Recent Supreme Court Decision
• North Carolina Shellfish Contamination Case Moves Forward
• SeaNet Announcement
• International Coastal Management: Tools for Successful Regional Partnerships and Initiatives
• The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - A Bold Experiment
• Climate Change, A Canadian Perspective
• Book Review - The Empty Ocean by Richard Ellis
• Coast To Coast (And Everything in Between)

• Court Upholds NEPA’s Application in the EEZ
• Mussel Byproducts from Harvesting Rafts are Not Pollutants
• No EIS Necessary for Kohala Project
• Court Rejects Rehearing on Banned Shrimp Case
  
• Coast Guard Cannot Assert Salvage Liens for Mandatory Duties
  
• Circuit Courts Apply Solid Waste Agency v. Army Corps of Engineers
  
• Coast Guard May Seize Individuals from Foreign Vessels
  
• The Clean Water Act and Coastal Zone Management Act: Celebrating 30 Years
  
• Coast To Coast (And Everything in Between)

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Volume 1, Number 1
Editor: Kristen Fletcher
Associate Editor: Magnolia Bravo
Publication Design: Waurene Roberson

• Supreme Court Rejects Lake Tahoe Landowners' Takings Claim
• Supreme Court Upholds Immunity for Ports Authority
• Rivers Polluted by Nonpoint Source Pollution Subject to TMDLs
• EPA Logging Permits Violate Public Notice Requirement
  
• First Circuit Allows Navy Exercises at Vieques to Continue
  
• Court Allows Banned Countries to Import Shrimp
  
• Coast To Coast (And Everything in Between