Talk:Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Illinois

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This is a great article. The only thing I can add as a suggestion would be to possibly expand the lead-in piece to explain a bit more why this is so important. This is done already to an extent, but maybe include a sentence or two in common language about why this was such a critical case? May help the reader. But great article! really enjoyed it. (Justintaplin (talk) 22:49, 21 April 2011 (UTC))

The only other thought or piece of feedback I can think of is that, with such a crucial case, it may be beneficial to work in some additional references if at all possible to round out the discussion of the case (lots of legal summaries and so on out there it seems for these cases). (Justintaplin (talk) 22:52, 21 April 2011 (UTC))

Hi, It looks a great article, the only thing I can say could you a little bit talk about issues? This is just a suggestion. Again good job. Also please, give me your suggestion and feedback about mine.(user talk: mehrshad006138.202.142.69 (talk) 19:26, 22 April 2011 (UTC) Hi, I added one paragraph to your article. I hope it's helpful. One issue was the Illinois Central’s claim that the 1869 Lake Front Act had transferred rights of property which the legislature could not repeal in 1873. Justice Stephen Field explained that the State did not have power to alienate the land in the first place. The State held title to the bed of the lake, but Justice Field described this title as being held in trust for the people. Field believed that when the State conveyed ownership of the bed of the lake to the railroad in 1869, it had violated this trust. Justice Field said, “The State can no more abdicate its trust over property in which the whole people are interested like navigable waters and soils under them, so as to leave them entirely under the use and control of private parties, … than it can abdicate its police powers in the administration of government and the preservation of the peace. Any grant of the kind is necessarily revocable, and the exercise of the trust by which the property was held by State can be resumed at any time.” From this ruling, the American public trust doctrine was born.. user talk:mehrshad006138.202.131.228 (talk) 18:33, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Sarah and Jessica,

Great job on the article. My only suggestions are similar to Justin and Mehrshad's, just to give a little background about the PTD or a lead in to the case, and emphasize why it was such a landmark case. The organization is superb and the formatting looks great. I didn't see any grammatical errors, so those are my only suggestions. (MorganEdel) (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:19, 7 May 2011 (UTC).

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