State Ex Rel. Idaho State Park Board v. City of Boise

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of Boise City and Ada County on the basis that legislation creating the Idaho Veterans’ Memorial Park violates the constitutional prohibition against local or special laws. The sole issue on this appeal is the constitutionality of the legislation in question.

This case marks another in the protracted series of legal battles between the State of Idaho on the one side and Boise City and Ada County on the other. The dispute focuses on a piece of property located in Boise, Idaho known as the Old Soldiers’ Home. For many…