GRIFFIN v. MEMMOTT

No. 900136-CA.

814 P.2d 601 (1991)

Gordon GRIFFIN and Red Dome, Inc., Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Sandra MEMMOTT; Ralph Memmott; Sue Bushnell; Sheree Bushnell; Jim Bushnell; Brett Sanders; Pam Sanders; and Craig Sanders, Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

June 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Hintze (argued), Olsen, Hintze, Nielson & Hill, Provo, for defendants and appellants.

Dexter L. Anderson (argued), Fillmore, for plaintiffs and appellees.

Before GARFF, GREENWOOD and JACKSON, JJ.


OPINION

GARFF, Judge:

Defendants (the Memmotts) appeal from a decree quieting title to certain mining claims in the plaintiffs, Griffin and Red Dome, Inc. (Griffin). Because the Memmotts have no private right of action under the federal statute that is the basis of their claim, we affirm.

This case is the latest installment of a protracted dispute between rival claimants under the General Mining Law of 1872, 30 U.S.C. §§ 22 through 30 ...

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