Rhode Island Shoreline Property Case Could Have Wider Impact
By EsqSocial Corporation 26/07/24
Hinckley Allen claimed an important win for private property rights in Rhode Island last week. In Roth v. Rhode Island, Hinckley Allen challenged the constitutionality of newly enacted state legislation that significantly diminished the rights of property owners along the Rhode Island shoreline. For centuries, Rhode Island law recognized that the boundary between private property rights and public trust rights was the mean high tide line (MHT)....
By: Hinckley Allen