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		<title>A Trilogy of Significant Coastal Cases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Joseph J. Kalo, Co-Director of the North Carolina Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center and Graham Kenan Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law During the last few months, two coastal cases of significance to North Carolina waterfront property owners were decided by the courts and, as of October 19, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncseagrant.org/legaltides/2010/11/05/a-trilogy-of-significant-coastal-cases/</link>
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		<title>Do Publicly Funded Beach Nourishment Projects Deprive Oceanfront Property Owners of Private Property Rights Without Just Compensation?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari to review(1) Walton County v. Stop The Beach Nourishment, Inc. (2),  a Florida beach nourishment case in which the plaintiffs claim that their private property rights are being taken without just compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.  The outcome [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncseagrant.org/legaltides/2009/10/19/do-publicly-funded-beach-nourishment-projects-deprive-oceanfront-property-owners-of-private-property-rights-without-just-compensation/</link>
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		<title>Sandbags: Temporary or Permanent? The Riggings Case Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jackson Mabry, Research Law Fellow, NC Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center Naturally migrating shorelines, hurricanes, and beach erosion threaten hundreds of houses on beachfront property each year in North Carolina. State law does not allow beachfront property owners to construct a hardened structure to protect the houses from an eroding shoreline, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncseagrant.org/legaltides/2009/09/08/sandbags-temporary-or-permanent-the-riggings-case-study/</link>
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		<title>Offshore Wind Energy Development in North Carolina:Discussion of the Legal Framework</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Lisa C. Schiavinato, J.D.; Law, Policy and Community Development Specialist, North Carolina Sea Grant; Co-Director, North Carolina Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center Wind energy production in ocean and coastal waters is a fledgling industry in the United States. It is the subject of rigorous debate, primarily due to the controversy surrounding the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncseagrant.org/legaltides/2008/06/11/offshore-wind-energy-development-in-north-carolinadiscussion-of-the-legal-framework/</link>
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		<title>Dockominiums: Exclusive rights to public trust waters and lands?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Joseph Kalo, Graham Kenan Professor of Law Co-Director, NC Coastal Resources Law, Planning and Policy Center The increasing number of dockominium-style marinas in North Carolina’s inner coastal waters troubles many people because the marketing of these developments gives the appearance of either the improper sale of, or the granting of, exclusive rights to public [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ncseagrant.org/legaltides/2008/05/05/dockominiums-exclusive-rights-to-public-trust-waters-and-lands/</link>
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