In our work to prod forward the effort to regain the full “shore privileges” guaranteed by our Rhode Island Constitution, we have brought up several points which have received support from everyone with whom we have spoken. Namely: A close look at the Ibbison (1982) ruling ends with the…
Read MoreThis is it! I seems so obvious that our constitution is resting on a very firm support for what it has bestowed to us. What do you think…leave as comment! (It was a series of copy-paste steps to get it into the post, so click on each graphic to have…
Read MoreHello Everyone, You’re invited to keep yourself in the loop. Our website (http://www.rishoreaccess.org) has a new legal post (The Luney Ibbison Court Case: The Metonic Cycle and R.I. Shore Access) which puts an end to any intelligent support for the idea that we have to stay below…
Read MoreThe Luney Ibbison Court Case: The Metonic Cycle and R.I. Shore Access The Ibbison court ruling is being inappropriately used to take precious rights away from us citizens. Inappropriate because of the erroneous assumption in the decision that only fee simple ownership, with the right of unfettered exclusion, matters in…
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Misquamicut ruling backs owners WARWICK — A Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of 21 Misquamicut property owners, finding that the public does not have the right to use the beach adjacent to their homes. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin filed suit against the property…
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Ibbison Never Decided Anything-Part 3 of 3 The previous discussion (on this page in earlier editions) of how our constitutional “privileges of the shore” have been undermined by the erroneous assumption that only ownership of the shore matters, and the use of a “special definition” of what the word “shore”…
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Any effort to understand the confusion and controversy swirling around the issue of our constitutionally guaranteed rights to use our shoreline has to include a look at how the word “shore” has been adulterated in the now infamous Ibbison court case. In his efforts to use state ownership of the…
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In discussing Rhode Island’s shore rights and privileges it is time to revisit the Ibbison ruling. If the topic isn’t familiar to you, here is a quick primer. In the 1970’s four members of a fishermen’s group were cleaning up the beach in Westerly. They were arrested for criminal trespass…
Read MoreThe Texas Open Beaches Act – Applicable Excerpts § 61.011. “It is declared and affirmed to be the public policy of this state that the public, individually and collectively, shall have the free and unrestricted right of ingress and egress to and from the state-owned beaches bordering on the seaward…
Read MoreOregon Beach Bill In June, 1967, after months of stalling, the Oregon Legislature passed House bill 1601, which guarantees public access to the state’s beaches and establishes a state easement on all beaches between the low water mark and the vegetation line. The bill expanded upon an…
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