"While this case was about one stream, the wider implication is we had a property owner trying to turn back the law to the view of the public right of navigation that existed before the Moose River decision, " Caffrey said.

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Malvo claimed his plan to upset the chief worked, noting that Moose cried at a news conference discussing the October 7 shooting of the junior high student, Stracke said.

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