Legal Opinion
Mayer Unified School District v. Winkleman
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 2009No. CV-08-0225-PRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERCH, Vice Chief Justice.
¶ 1 We have been asked to decide whether suit will lie under the Arizona-New Mexico Enabling Act for the State Land Commissioner’s failure to require compensation for easements and rights of way over state trust lands conveyed between 1929 and 1967. We hold that the claims are time-barred.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶ 2 The Arizona-New Mexico Enabling Act granted nearly ten million acres of land to the State of Arizona to be held in trust for the support of public schools. See Act of June 20, 1910, ch. 310, §§ 24, 28, 36 Stat. 557, 572-74 (“Enabling…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Watkins v. ArpaioCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2016
- Baier v. Mayer Unified School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2010
- Koepnick v. Arizona State Land DepartmentCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2009
- Mayer Unified School District v. WinklemanArizona Supreme Court · 2009
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