The Public Trust Doctrine provides that certain lands, primarily water bodies and land submerged under or tidal land adjacent to water bodies, are subject to a "public trust" that the federal and state governments possess. In Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Illinois (1892), the U.S. Supreme Court voided the grant by the Illinois legislature of submerged lands based on a conclusion that the Public Trust Doctrine prohibited the state from totally relinquishing its interest in the land.
a. True
b. False