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Brian Schatz: “It is obvious that if a landowner is to have full enjoyment of the land, he must have exclusive control of the immediate…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
It is obvious that if a landowner is to have full enjoyment of the land, he must have exclusive control of the immediate reaches of the enveloping atmosphere.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Schatz references a Supreme Court case regarding landowners' airspace rights.

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