The People v. Brandon Lance Rinehart

377 P.3d 818 (2017)

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The People v. Brandon Lance Rinehart

California Supreme Court
377 P.3d 818 (2017)

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Facts

Brandon Lance Rinehart (defendant) perfected claims to certain minerals found on federal lands in the State of California (plaintiff). When Rinehart used suction dredging to begin extracting those minerals, California brought criminal charges against him for violating state law that temporarily prohibited suction dredging while its environmental effects were being studied. As a defense to the criminal charges, Rinehart argued that California law was preempted by the General Mining Law of 1872 (GML), because the California law created an obstacle to the accomplishment of Congress’s objectives in passing the GML. The district court rejected Rinehart’s preemption argument, and he was convicted. Rinehart appealed.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Werdegar, J.)

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