katqanna
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Landowners sue to keep Hughes Creek gate locked
I put in a FOIA for all the documents that had been compiled by then District Ranger Dave Campbell, passed on to Current District Ranger Ryan Domsalla, who presented some of the material and offered it to anyone at the Ravalli County Commission meeting on Jan 26, 2016. I put in a request for all that information. I have a copy of all the court records, which began in 1984 and continued through 1993, DV-84-248, dismiss without prejudice.
In the original May 29, 1984 filed case , Royal Teton LTD, the business name for the Church Universal Triumphant, one of the landowners on the Hughes Creek, had a gold mining claims there, put up two gates and padlocked them, cutting off public access. In the first lawsuit, Judge Wheelis denied the County's preliminary injunction stating on September 20, 1984, "the County had failed to adequately show public need for use of the road." The suit included Eli and Violet Cox, who are part of the current suit.
On October 19, 1988, County Attorney Robinson sent letter to the Commissioners recommending the matter of removing the gates be dismissed without prejudice in the event additional evidence might be introduced at a later date.
Then on December 10, 1993, Judge Langton dismisses the case without prejudice.
Now, thanks to Campbell and now Domsalla, the public has a massive amount of evidence to show public need for the road.
I put in a FOIA for all the documents that had been compiled by then District Ranger Dave Campbell, passed on to Current District Ranger Ryan Domsalla, who presented some of the material and offered it to anyone at the Ravalli County Commission meeting on Jan 26, 2016. I put in a request for all that information. I have a copy of all the court records, which began in 1984 and continued through 1993, DV-84-248, dismiss without prejudice.
In the original May 29, 1984 filed case , Royal Teton LTD, the business name for the Church Universal Triumphant, one of the landowners on the Hughes Creek, had a gold mining claims there, put up two gates and padlocked them, cutting off public access. In the first lawsuit, Judge Wheelis denied the County's preliminary injunction stating on September 20, 1984, "the County had failed to adequately show public need for use of the road." The suit included Eli and Violet Cox, who are part of the current suit.
On October 19, 1988, County Attorney Robinson sent letter to the Commissioners recommending the matter of removing the gates be dismissed without prejudice in the event additional evidence might be introduced at a later date.
Then on December 10, 1993, Judge Langton dismisses the case without prejudice.
Now, thanks to Campbell and now Domsalla, the public has a massive amount of evidence to show public need for the road.