Rumery v. Baier

OPINION

KESSLER, Judge.

¶ 1 Defendant/Appellant Maria Baier, Arizona State Land Commissioner (“Commissioner”), appeals the trial court’s summary judgment for Plaintiffs/Appellees Rae Ann Rumery, John Skarhus, and Cartwright Elementary School District.1 Plaintiffs complained in part that the Arizona Legislature violated the Arizona Constitution and the New Mexieo-Arizona Enabling Act when it enacted Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 37-527 (Supp. 2010),2 to establish a fund comprised of proceeds derived from trust lands to pay for management of trust lands. The trial court held that…