ELR Citation: ELR 20805
No(s). 11926 (Idaho Sep 24, 1976)

Reversing a lower court, the Idaho Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Idaho Dredge and Placer Mining Protection Act as applied to upatented mining claims on federal land. The state sought to enjoin defendants' dredge mining operation in the St. Joe National Forest, which defendant co...