Courts. Water Law Twist. Personhood for a River.

A lawsuit in Colorado asks for personhood status for the Colorado River Ecosystem.

A river can have person legal person status? The lawsuit aligns the personhood status to the same afforded to ships, an ecclesiastic corporations or a standard commercial corporations.

Is this legallay weird?

•  Personhood was also used in the majority opinion for Citizens United for campaign finance
• Recent rulings in Ecuador, Colombia, India and some U.S. municipalities which have recognized that rivers, glaciers and other ecosystems may be treated as legal persons

Courthouse News | Environmentalists Seek Personhood for Colorado River Ecosystem