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KADISH v. ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPT.

No. CV-86-0238-T.

155 Ariz. 484 (1987)

747 P.2d 1183

Frank and Lorain KADISH; Marion L. Pickens; and the Arizona Education Association, a non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT, an agency of the State of Arizona; Joe T. Fallini, in his capacity as the State Land Commissioner; and Cyprus Pima Mining Company, on behalf of itself and others similarly situated, Defendants-Appellees, ASARCO Incorporated, a New Jersey corporation; Magma Copper Company, a Delaware corporation; James P.L. Sullivan, Esq.; Eisenhower Mining Company, a partnership; and Can-Am Corporation, an Arizona corporation, Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Reconsideration Denied February 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest by David S. Baron, Amy J. Gittler, Tucson, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by James T. Skardon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for defendants-appellees Arizona State Land Department and Fallini.

Lewis and Roca by Tom Galbraith, Phoenix, for defendant-appellee Cyprus Pima Mining Co.

Kaufman, Apker & Nearhood, P.C. by Burton M. Apker, Phoenix, for intervenors-appellees ASARCO Inc. and Eisenhower Mining Co.

Twitty, Sievwright & Mills by Howard A. Twitty, Phoenix, for intervenor-appellee Magma Copper Co.

James P.L. Sullivan, pro se.

Molloy, Jones, Donahue, Trachta, Childers & Mallamo, P.C. by Mark S. Sifferman, Phoenix, for intervenor-appellee Can-Am Corp.

New Mexico State Land Office by Arthur J. Waskey, Louhannah M. Walker, Santa Fe, for amicus curiae New Mexico Com'r of Public Lands.

FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.

Frank and Lorain Kadish, Marion Pickens, and the Arizona Education Association, petitioners, brought a taxpayers' action against the Arizona State Land Department and others. The issue raised is whether the fixed royalty provisions of A.R.S. § 27-234(B), permitting the land department to lease minerals on a flat rate royalty, violate the appraisal and true value provisions of the Arizona Enabling Act and the comparable provisions...

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