(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court will decide what’s next for Amendment D. The court on Friday agreed to take the case. A lower court judge last week said Amendment D would stay on the November ballot, but votes for and against the amendment wouldn’t be counted […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court says it has dismissed a case recently filed by Congressional Candidate Colby Jenkins. Jenkins was seeking a ruling from the high court that would allow the counting of ballots postmarked after the June primary deadline. The court ruled Jenkins failed to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court is giving new life to a sexual assault lawsuit that was dismissed by a lower court. The high court ruled yesterday the 2022 case against former Provo obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. David Broadbent may resume. The ruling allows 94 women the chance to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Officials say abortion care will remain legal in Utah for now. The state Supreme Court allowed a preliminary injunction that blocks the Legislature’s near-total abortion ban to stay in place yesterday. Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and Utah Democrats reacted positively to the ruling. In […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court says lawmakers overstepped their authority when they changed a voter initiative establishing an independent redistricting commission. Yesterday’s court decision is in connection with the League of Women Voters of Utah and others’ challenge to action by the legislature. The ruling overturns […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah Supreme Court says it is possible to be found not guilty of murder but be guilty of other crimes in the same case. The state’s high court in early February upheld a ruling by the state’s Court of Appeals in a case involving […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the Legislature has essentially unreviewable power to draw a map of Utah’s congressional districts that watered down the votes of Democrats. In 2021 the Republican-dominated Legislature created a map that carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Recent law school graduates can become practicing lawyers without taking the typical bar exam under new temporary rules forced by the coronavirus pandemic, court officials said. The Utah Supreme Court says the temporary process requires the graduates to perform 360 hours of supervised legal service under […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a woman convicted as an accomplice in a police officer’s killing in 2014. There is a reasonable possibility the jury would not have found Meagan Grunwald guilty if there hadn’t been an error in jury instructions, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court approved a rule change enabling residents who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to become attorneys. The court ruling that took effect Wednesday applied to those who have qualified for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known […]
