INDEPENDENCE LEAD MINES CO. v. HECLA MINING CO.

No. 31042.

137 P.3d 409 (2006)

143 Idaho 22

INDEPENDENCE LEAD MINES COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HECLA MINING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, February 2006 Term.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus, Christian & Hardee, LLP, Boise, for appellant. Michael R. Christian argued.

Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley, LLP, Boise, for respondent. John F. Kurtz Jr. argued.


TROUT, Justice.

This case involves a contract dispute between appellant Independence Lead Mines Company (Independence) and respondent Hecla Mining Company (Hecla) relating to Hecla's operations on mining claims it leased from Independence. Independence appeals the district court's determinations that Hecla did not materially breach any express provisions of the contract and that Hecla did not commit waste. Because we agree with the district court's reasoning in its...

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