Havasu Heights Ranch & Development Corp. v. State Land Department

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the superior court affirming an order of Robert K. Lane, the Arizona State Land Commissioner, refusing to accept an offer by Havasu Heights Ranch and Development Corporation (Havasu Heights) to lease state trust lands on terms different from those offered by the state land department (the “department”). The issues on appeal are (1) whether the leases offered by the department were authorized; (2) whether the department was required to promulgate rules dealing with the type of leases offered; (3) whether the leases offered by the…