COLMAN v. UTAH STATE LAND BD.

No. 860331.

795 P.2d 622 (1990)

William J. COLMAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UTAH STATE LAND BOARD; Ralph Miles, Director, Utah Division of State Lands and Forestry, Utah Department of Natural Resources; and Southern Pacific Transportation Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Clawson, Gary Bendinger, Salt Lake City, for Colman.

R. Paul Van Dam, Dallin W. Jensen, Michael M. Quealy, R. Douglas Credille, Salt Lake City, for State appellees.

L. Ridd Larson, Thomas L. Kay, Craig L. Taylor, Salt Lake City, for Southern Pacific.


STEWART, Justice:

William J. Colman filed an action against the Utah State Land Board and against Ralph Miles, Director of the Utah Division of State Lands and Forestry of the Department of Natural Resources (referred to collectively as "the State"), and against Southern Pacific Transportation Company for the destruction of an underwater brine canal Colman maintained on the bed of the Great Salt Lake. The trial court dismissed the complaint, and Colman appealed.<...

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