Title: State v. Lassen
Citation: 102 Ariz. 318, 428 P.2d 996
Docket Number: 8620
State: Arizona
Issuer: Arizona Supreme Court
Date: June 1, 1967

102 Ariz. 318 (1967) 428 P.2d 996 The STATE of Arizona ex rel. ARIZONA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Petitioner, v. Obed M. LASSEN, Commissioner, State Land Department, Respondent. No. 8620. Supreme Court of Arizona. In Banc. June 1, 1967. *319 Gary K. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner. Dale Shumway, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent. Rex E. Lee (of Jennings, Strouss, Salmon &amp; Trask), Phoenix, for Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, amicus curiae. Richard J. Riley, Cochise County Atty., Bisbee, William D. Baker (of Rawlins, Ellis, Burrus &amp; Kiewit), Phoenix, for Electrical Districts No. 3 and No. 4, Pinal County, amici curiae. Anthony Van Wagenen, Jr., Phoenix, for Electrical Districts No. 2 and No. 5, Pinal County, amicus curiae. William Copple (of Westover, Copple, Keddie &amp; Choules), Yuma, for Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, Yuma, amicus curiae. Robert W. Pickrell, former Atty. Gen. of Arizona, Darrell F. Smith, Atty. Gen., E. Leigh Larson, Santa Cruz County Atty., Nogales, amici curiae. ORDER VACATING WRIT OF PROHIBITION PER CURIAM: On December 14, 1964, the State Land Commissioner, after notice and hearing of a proposed change in the granting of new rights of way and material sites over lands granted to the State of Arizona by the Federal Government pursuant to the Enabling Act of Arizona, June 20, 1910, c. 310, 36 U.S.Stat. 557, 568-579, and, after holding a hearing on same, adopted the following rule designated as Rule No. 12 of the State Land Department, to-wit: The State of Arizona ex rel. Arizona Highway Department appeared and objected to this rule, which objection was overruled by the Land Commissioner. The State of Arizona ex rel. Arizona Highway Department then filed a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent respondent from enforcing this rule, and an alternative writ of prohibition was granted by this court. Thereafter, by decision on the 12th day of November 1965 (99 Ariz. 161, 407 P.2d 747), we ordered that the writ be made permanent. The State Land Commissioner filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States, which was granted. The Supreme Court of the United States, on February 6, 1967, entered the following mandate: In accordance with this mandate, the writ of prohibition heretofore entered by this Court is vacated and quashed. BERNSTEIN, C.J., McFARLAND, V.C.J., and STRUCKMEYER, UDALL and LOCKWOOD, JJ., concur.