Legal Opinion
Parker Land & Cattle Co. v. Wyoming Game & Fish Commission
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided January 22, 1993No. 91-147PublishedCited by 251 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1041GOLDEN, Justice.
This case presents a substantial evidence question and a narrow question of first impression: Whether the legislature in enacting Wyo.Stat. § 23-1-901 (July 1986)1 which permits a landowner to present a claim to the State Game and Fish Department (Department) for property damages caused by game animals, waived the state’s sovereign immunity from a landowner’s claim for damages for the loss of cattle allegedly caused by the disease of brucello-sis transmitted to the cattle by state-owned elk or bison.
Appellant Parker Land and Cattle Company (Parker) seeks review of an order of…
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