Libby Placer Mining Co. v. Noranda Minerals Corp.

DISTRICT COURT JUDGE LANGTON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Appellant Libby Placer Mining Company (“Libby Placer”) appeals from an order of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Lincoln County, denying Libby Placer’s motion for summary judgment on its complaint seeking declaratory judgment that Libby Placer has reacquired a condemned mineral interest by operation of law; and granting a motion for summary judgment filed by Noranda Minerals Corporation (“Noranda”) to quiet title to the property at issue in favor of Noranda. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:

¶3 Did…