By: Keith A. Call
As stated in proposed Standing Order No. 15, “the overarching goal of this reform is to improve access to justice.” Standing Order No. 15 (Draft), p. 5. The proposed Order cites formal studies showing that a high percentage of the public facing civil legal problems receives “inadequate or no legal help.”
The Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s decision dismissing a boundary by acquiescence action. The district court found that because the fence at issue was created to contain animals, the parties’ “predecessors could not have acquiesced in the fence…
The supreme court held that a trust deed executed by an administratively dissolved limited partnership was merely voidable—as opposed to void. Applying the test first articulated in Ockey v. Lehmer, 2008 UT 37, 189 P.3d 51, the supreme court assessed…
Utah Bar Journal Editor’s Note: The following appellate cases of interest were
recently decided by the Utah Supreme Court, Utah Court of Appeals,
and United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. The following
summaries have been prepared by the authoring attorneys
listed above, who are solely responsible for their content.
The Tenth Circuit concluded that the defendant law firms were not “transferees” under the fraudulent transfer statute in bankruptcy, 11 U.S.C. § 550, and therefore the trustee was not entitled to recover fees that the law firms earned through a…
Segota, dissatisfied with his truck purchase, sued the dealership and the dealership’s bond company, alleging breach of contract and fraud. But he failed to serve initial disclosures or conduct any discovery, prompting a flurry of summary judgment motions from the…
By: Heather S. White
All summaries are written by Heather White and are for informational purposes only. U.S. v. Morales view full case > > > Julian Morales’ motion to suppress 4 kg of methamphetamine was denied after the court held the police stop in which…
By: Heather S. White
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Legal & Practical Solutions in the Workplace, webinar from the 2020 UMAA Spring Conference Camille Johnson recently presented at the virtual Utah Municipal Attorneys’ Association (“UMAA”) Spring Conference webinar after the in-person conference was canceled due to COVID-19. Her presentation…
Reversing the district court’s denial of a motion to suppress, the Tenth Circuit held that the defendant’s statements during interrogation were involuntary and inadmissible, where the law enforcement agent made misrepresentations about potential penalties, stated that the length of the…
