Legal Opinion
Hopi Tribe v. Ariz. Snowbowl Resort Ltd. P'ship
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 2018No. CV-18-0057-PRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE PELANDER, opinion of the Court:
¶1 Private parties may bring public nuisance claims in Arizona if the alleged nuisance caused the plaintiff special injury, meaning "damage [that is] different in kind or quality from that suffered by the public in common." Armory Park Neighborhood Ass'n v. Episcopal Cmty. Servs. in Ariz. , 148 Ariz. 1 , 5, 712 P.2d 914 (1985). Today we hold, as a matter of law, that environmental damage to public land with religious, cultural, or emotional significance to the plaintiff is not special injury for public nuisance purposes.
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¶2 The use of reclaimed…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Holt v. HobbsSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Navajo Nation v. United States Forest ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- High Sierra Hikers Association v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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