Private Property Rights. When a State Limits Mining Methods on Federal Lands.

State: California

Mining Method banned by state law for mining on federal lands: suction dredge mining

The property right interest: mining claim

What can state laws do in this case? State laws can supplement federal laws but cannot friustrate federal laws

Is this getting addressed by policy?regulations? statutes? courts? The US Supreme Court will consider whether to hear the case.

Pacific Legal Foundation | Briefing complete on cert. petition in Rinehart v. California