IDAHO WOOL GROWERS ASS'N, INC. v. STATE

No. 38743.

302 P.3d 341 (2012)

IDAHO WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC., an Idaho corporation, individually and on behalf of its members; Frank Shirts, Jr., individually and as a member of the Idaho Wool Growers Association; Ronald W. Shirts; Leslie Shirts; John T. Shirts, individually and dba Shirts Brothers Sheep and as members of the Idaho Wool Growers Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Idaho; Idaho Fish & Game Commission; Idaho Department of Fish & Game; Cal Groen, Director of the Idaho Department of Fish & Game, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, August 2012 Term.

September 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eberle, Berlin, Kading, Turnbow & McKlveen, Chtd., Boise, for appellants. Samuel A. Diddle argued.

Lawrence G. Wasden , Attorney General, Boise, for respondents. Steven W. Strack argued.


J. JONES, Justice.

The Idaho Wool Growers Association (IWGA) and several of its members brought suit against the State of Idaho, claiming that the State failed to protect domestic sheep operators from curtailment of their grazing allotments by the United States Forest Service. The curtailment of the allotments was designed to accommodate the reintroduction of bighorn sheep in the Hells Canyon area. In their complaint, the Wool Growers alleged that the State was obligated...

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