private property. They were later cited and subsequently convicted for criminal trespass when they exited the boat downstream. On appeal, the Utah Supreme Court unanimously decided to reverse the conviction and held that the public's easement in state waters allows for the public to participate in lawful recreational activities on state waters. Justice Durrant's opinion noted that "the public has the right to touch privately owned beds of state waters in ways incidental to all recreational rights provided for in the easement, so long as they do so reasonably and cause no unnecessary injury to the landowner." Personal life Durrant is married to Jaclyn Huish. They have six children. References 1957 births Living people 20th-century Mormon missionaries 21st-century American judges American Mormon missionaries in Japan Brigham Young University alumni Brigham Young University faculty Chief Justices of the Utah Supreme Court Harvard Law School alumni Justices of the Utah Supreme Court Latter Day Saints from Arkansas Latter Day Saints from Kentucky Latter Day Saints from Utah Politicians from Salt Lake City Seneca High School (Louisville, Kentucky) alumni Utah lawyers