Joseph Sax Dies at 78; Law Professor Wrote Influential Article on Public Trust Doctrine
From the Los Angeles Times:
“In 1970, Joseph Sax wrote a law review article that laid the foundation for a court case that would become famous in the annals of California water.
“More than a decade after publication of Sax’s seminal essay on the public trust doctrine, the California Supreme Court ruled that the state had a duty to take into account the public trust in allocating water resources — an opinion that ultimately forced Los Angeles to reduce diversions from the Mono Lake basin in the Eastern Sierra.”