Idaho Falls Redevelopment Agency v. Countryman

BOYLE, Justice.

In this original proceeding we are called upon to determine whether sufficient reasons and extraordinary conditions exist to warrant issuance of a writ of mandamus.1

The city of Idaho Falls established the Idaho Falls Redevelopment Agency (hereinafter “Agency”) pursuant to the Idaho Urban Renewal Law of 1965. I.C. § 50-2001 et seq. The Idaho Urban Renewal Law authorizes each municipality within the state of Idaho to establish an “urban renewal agency” for the purpose of undertaking “urban renewal projects”. See I.C. § 50-2006; § 50-2007. As amended in 1987, the Idaho Urban…