Utah Supreme Court Decisions 2022

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded this case in which the district court prohibited Father from encouraging his children to adopt the teachings of any religion without Mother's consent, holding that Father had a fundamental…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this real estate case, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing this complaint brought by Rocky Mountain Hospitality, LLC (Seller) against Mountain Classic Real Estate, Inc. (Buyer) and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court awarding Defendant an additional $9,000 in attorney fees and $162 in costs in a second appeal after the first appeal resulted in an award of attorney fees and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a motion for emergency relief and a petition for extraordinary writ in this election dispute, holding that the motion and petition failed to demonstrate that the relief Petitioners sought was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the juvenile court's determination that Mother had neglected A.B. and award of custody to Aunt and Uncle, holding that Aunt and Uncle were not…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court granting Defendant's motion to dismiss this lawsuit brought by Plaintiff under the Utah Sales Representative Commission Payment Act for allegedly failing to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court concluding that Bonner County, an Idaho political subdivision, had failed to demonstrate to Western Insurance Company's Liquidator that Pend Oreille Bonner…

Justia Opinion Summary: On interlocutory appeal, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court denying partial summary judgment in favor of the Estate of Miguel Huitron in the underlying tort action, holding that the Estate was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying David Taylor's motion to invalidate an arbitration award in this divorce case on the grounds that it was contrary to public policy to arbitrate…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting the State's motion for pretrial detention after charging Defendant with four first-degree felonies connected to an alleged sexual assault, holding…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this quiet title action, the Supreme Court affirmed the district court's denial of Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, holding that the Wrongful Lien Act, the statute of frauds, and caselaw have not declared that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals construing F.L.'s motion to intervene in David Chadwick's appeal from his sexual abuse of a child conviction as a motion to file an amicus brief under Utah…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part and affirmed in part the judgment of the district court granting Volkswagen SouthTowne's motion for judgment as a matter of law and a new trial after Plaintiff was awarded $2,700,000 on…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals vacating Defendant's convictions on the grounds that his counsel had been ineffective, holding that errors on the part of trial counsel did not prejudice…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the determination of the court of appeals that Claimant's long drive in a commercial truck was not an unusual or extraordinary activity in comparison to the ordinary activities people perform…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing the challenges brought by Salt Lake City to four provisions of the Utah Inland Port Authority Act, holding that the challenged zoning provisions…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals holding that the conduct of two court personnel while sharing a nonpublic courthouse elevator with a jury during trial triggered a rebuttable presumption of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals upholding the decision of the Utah Procurement Policy Board to dismiss ICS Corrections, Inc.'s appeal of the decision of the Utah Division of Purchasing and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the district court dismissing this case claiming that the Traverse Ridge Special Service District needed either to stop charging members The Cove at…

Justia Opinion Summary: Saltz, a plastic surgeon, was sued by a former patient for releasing her photographs to a news outlet. Saltz submitted his legal defense to his malpractice insurance provider, UMIA, which initially defended Saltz but…

Justia Opinion Summary: After exiting his brother’s truck at a busy intersection, Pierce fatally shot Toala. After receiving his Miranda warnings, Pierce claimed that he acted in self-defense. His statement was later suppressed. There were…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Labor Commission Appeals Board dismissing Appellant's interlocutory objection to the appointment of the medical panel assigned to resolve this dispute, holding that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the conclusion of the district court dismissing Plaintiff's complaint against Washington County School District claiming that the School District…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court denying Landowners' motion for summary judgment in their action to quiet title to their property against a homeowners association (HOA), holding that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held in this interlocutory appeal that the district court may not judge the sufficiency of the defendant's showing necessary to overcome a motion to quash based solely on an in camera proffer without…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Appellant's motion brought under Utah R. Civ. P. 70(b) or, alternatively, as a motion for a misplea, arguing that the prosecution breached the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the district court dismissing Honnen Equipment Company's (Honnen) breach of contract claim brought brought against Daz Management,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction and the denial of his motion to suppress, holding that the State did not meet its burden in rebutting a presumptively…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the district court convicting Defendant of aggravated battery and denying Defendant's motion for a directed verdict, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and vacated in part the juvenile court's order terminating the parental right of Parents, holding that the juvenile court's opinion was too affected by legal error to merit…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Tax Commission determining that John and Brooke Buck were domiciled in Utah for the 2012 tax year and therefore owed nearly $400,000 in back taxes and interest, holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals finding that Northern Monticello Alliance (NMA) had a due process right to participate in the hearing leading to the San Juan County Planning and Zoning…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the court of appeals correctly held that the conduct of two court personnel triggered a rebuttable presumption against Defendant, holding that remand was required. The court personnel in this…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Weber County and dismissing the claims brought by Brian and Mariah Cunningham against the County, a Special Weapons and…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case arising from the internal breakdown and judicial dissolution of H&N Holdings, LLC the Supreme Court reversed the orders of the district court ordering, sua sponte, the dissolution of H&N, holding that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case involving to multiple prosecutions of Defendant for the robbery and theft of a used car the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing a subsequent charge against Defendant for…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction on a misdemeanor charge of threatening to use a dangerous weapon in a quarrel with his father, holding that Defendant…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Ahhmigo, LLC's motion to vacate the arbitrator's ruling in favor of The Synergy Company of Utah, LLC in this breach of contract proceeding, holding…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the decision of the district court denying the motion for summary judgment filed by Barnes Bullets asking the district court to rule that the Workers' Compensation Act (WCA) barred Layne Kay's…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court denying Petitioners' petition for satisfaction of judgment but remanded for correction of a clerical error,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment to Steven DeConto and Commodity Transporters, Inc. and dismissing John Zilleruelo's complaint alleging negligence, vicarious…