INDIANAPOLIS — There no longer is any legal question that Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline is owned by the state and held in trust for all Hoosiers to enjoy.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would not hear an appeal by lake-adjacent land owners who were seeking to extend their properties to the water’s edge and to limit who could access the beaches near their homes.
As is typical, the nine justices did not say why they denied the review to Bobbie and Don Gunderson and their supporters in the Long Beach Lakefront Homeowners Association.
The high court’s refusal to intervene in the case simply was included on a 28-page order list summarily disposing of hundreds of appeals from across the county.
As a result, the Feb. 14, 2018, Indiana Supreme Court decision in Gunderson v. State is the final word on Lake Michigan property line boundaries in the Hoosier State.
The 4-0 ruling by the state’s high court definitively sets the ordinary high water mark as the boundary between the state-owned land under and adjacent to Lake Michigan, and the interests of nearby private property owners.
The high water mark, essentially the edge of the beach, is defined as the line on the shore established by […]
Full article: U.S. Supreme Court won’t change Indiana ruling: Lake Michigan’s shoreline belongs to all Hoosiers
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