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Sources
- How Much of the Sky Overhead Do You Own? (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/328/256 (supreme.justia.com)
- https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/uscode/uscode1925-00304/uscode1925-003049006/uscode1925-003049006.pdf (tile.loc.gov)
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1268737/cheyenne-airport-board-v-rogers/ (courtlistener.com)
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-law-journal/article/abs/property-in-thin-air/8577254C1FABAA2C1945FA55C82A8EE6 (cambridge.org)
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