Legal battle over public access to Oswego Lake heads to jury
The city prohibits public access through its parks, and most other lakefront property is private. The plaintiffs claim the city's restrictions are unconstitutional.
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The city prohibits public access through its parks, and most other lakefront property is private. The plaintiffs claim the city's restrictions are unconstitutional.
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For more than a decade, the city has fought efforts to allow public access to Oswego Lake, writes MIchael Blumm, a Lewis & Clark law professor. The case raises fundamental questions about how democratic institutions like the City Council respond to groups with concentrated economic power.
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