Recent Court Case Summaries
New Case Summary – VR CPC v. Park City
August 28, 2025
Utah Court of Appeals 2025 UT App 130 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals upheld…
New Case Summary – R.O.A. General v. Salt Lake City (R.O.A. II)
August 14, 2025
Utah Court of Appeals 2025 UT App 122 (click for full text of opinion) On appeal after remand, the Utah…
New Case Summary – Haney v. Tooele County
August 7, 2025
Utah Supreme Court 2025 UT 30 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Supreme Court held that a citizen…
New Case Summary – Barrani v. Salt Lake City
July 31, 2025
Utah Supreme Court 2025 UT 25 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Supreme Court held that the public…
New Case Summary – Cook v. Ivins City
May 30, 2025
Utah Court of Appeals 2025 UT App 85 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals held…
UDOT v. Boggess-Draper (UT Ct. App.) (2025)
May 1, 2025
Distinguishing general and special benefits in cases of severance damages.…
New Case Summary – Wild Country v. WE Five
April 24, 2025
Utah Court of Appeals 2025 UT App 54 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals held…
New Case Summary – RAPS Investments v. North Logan City
April 24, 2025
Utah Court of Appeals 2025 UT App 55 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals reversed…
New Case Summary – Freestone v. Walton
March 20, 2025
Utah Court of Appeals 2025 UT App 41 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed…
New Case Summary – Iron Bar Holdings v. Cape
March 18, 2025
US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals 131 F.4th 1153 (10th Cir. 2025) (click for full text of opinion) The Tenth…
Golden Spike v. Montgomery
December 5, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 179 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals distinguished…
Living Rivers v. San Juan County
November 7, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 162 The Utah Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s ruling that associational…
Hideout v. Summit County
October 10, 2024
Utah Supreme Court 2024 UT 39 (click for full text of opinion)The Utah Supreme Court dismissed Summit County’s challenge to…
Erda Comty. Ass’n v. Grantsville
September 12, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 126 The Utah Court of Appeals concluded that a group of landowners lacked…
Zundel v. Ramsdell
June 21, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 88 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals ruled…
Bleazard v. City of Erda and Henderson
June 13, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT 17 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals upheld the…
Springdale Lodging v. Springdale
May 31, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 83 (May 31, 2024) (click for full text of opinion) In remanding the…
440 North SF v. Vista Heights Investments
May 16, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 73 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals upheld…
S&W v. Fautin
April 25, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 60 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals upheld…
Sheetz v. County of El Dorado
April 12, 2024
United States Supreme Court 601 U.S. ____ (2024) (click for full text of opinion) The United States Supreme Court held…
Brigham City v. Bywater
April 11, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 53 (click for full text) The Utah Court of Appeals held that a…
M. Squared Enters. v. St. George
April 11, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 50 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals held…
B.G.T.S. v. Balls Brothers Farm
March 21, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 37 (Click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals held…
UAMPS v. 3 Dimentional Contractors
March 21, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 35 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals reversed…
Moulding Inv. v. Box Elder County
February 23, 2024
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 Ut App 23 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals ruled…
Metropolitan Water District v. Sorf
December 18, 2023
2023 UT App 146 (Dec 7, 2023) (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals refused to…
Park City Premier Properties v. Silver Summit
December 7, 2023
2023 UT App 121 (October 5, 2023) (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals reversed a…
SRB Investment v. Spencer (SRB II)
November 28, 2023
Utah Court of Appeals, 2023 UT App 120 (October 5, 2023) (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court…
C-B-K Ranch, LLC v. Thomas
September 25, 2023
Utah Court of Appeals 2023 UT App 110 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals remanded…
Bermes v. Summit County
August 24, 2023
a technical error in citing the wrong ordinance standards in a written decision’s conclusions of law did not require the…
Six Blue Bison v. Alpine City
August 17, 2023
Utah Court of Appeals 2023 UT App 89 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals upheld…
Tyler v. Hennepin County
May 25, 2023
Supreme Court of the United States 598 U.S. ____ (2023) (May 25, 2023) (click for full text of opinion) The…
Utah Stream Access Coalition v. VR Acquisitions (USAC II)
May 22, 2023
Utah Supreme Court 2023 UT 9 (click for full text of opinion) May 18, 2023 *Prior history, Utah Stream Access…
Larson v. Pleasant Grove City
March 2, 2023
Utah Supreme Court 2023 UT 2 (Click for text of opinion) The Utah Supreme Court reversed a district court determination…
Northern Monticello Alliance v. San Juan County (NMA II)
February 21, 2023
Failure of a land use authority to make adequate written findings was a “fatal flaw” in subsequent decisions of the…
Northern San Juan County Coalition v. San Juan County
February 2, 2023
An individual’s letter challenging a land use decision did not have to contain the word “appeal” to satisfy appeal requirements…
R.O.A. General v. Salt Lake City (R.O.A. I)
December 19, 2022
Utah Court of Appeals 2022 UT App 141 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals vacated…
Fuja v. Woodland Hills
December 14, 2022
A city’s inaction to enforce a zoning violation is not itself a separate land use “decision” that can be appealed.…
Tooele County v. Erda Community Association
November 14, 2022
Utah Court of Appeals 2022 UT App 123 (click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals ruled…
Salt Lake City v. Inland Port Authority
June 29, 2022
Utah Supreme Court 2022 UT 27 (Click for full text of opinion) The Utah Supreme Court held that certain zoning…
Ogden City Plaza Inv. v. Ogden City Board of Zoning Adjustment
June 16, 2022
Utah Court of Appeals 2022 UT App 74 (Click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals held…
Cardiff Wales v. Washington County School District
May 26, 2022
Utah Supreme Court 2022 UT 19 (Click for text of opinion) The Utah Supreme Court reversed the court of appeals’…
South Weber City v. Cobblestone Resort
May 12, 2022
Utah Court of Appeals 2022 UT App 63 (Click for full text) The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an injunction…
Huck v. Ken’s House LLC
May 12, 2022
Utah Court of Appeals 2022 UT App 64 (Click for full text of opinion) The Utah Court of Appeals upheld…
Northern Monticello Alliance v. San Juan County (NMA I)
February 24, 2022
Third party’s statutory right to appeal land use decision regarding revocation of CUP did not inherently include a due process…
Lundahl Farms v. Nielsen
December 30, 2021
Utah Court of Appeals 2021 UT App 146 (Click for full text) The Utah Court of Appeals vacated the district…
Kiernan Family Draper v. Hidden Valley Health Centers
September 2, 2021
Utah Supreme Court 2021 UT 54 (Click for full text) The Utah Supreme Court upheld dismissal of a breach-of-contract claim…
McKitrick v. Gibson
August 20, 2021
Utah Supreme Court 2021 UT 48 (click for full text of opinion) In this government records appeal case, the Utah…
Croft v. Morgan County
August 12, 2021
Utah Supreme Court 2021 UT 46 (Click for full text) The Utah Supreme Court clarified the procedural standards for a…
North Mill St., LLC v. City of Aspen
July 27, 2021
United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals 6 F.4th 1216 (click for full text of opinion) The 10th Circuit denied…
M.N.V. Holdings v. 200 South
July 9, 2021
Utah Court of Appeals 2021 UT App 76 (Click for full text) The Utah Court of Appeals reversed the district…
In re Estate of D.A. Osguthorpe
July 1, 2021
Utah Supreme Court 2021 UT 23 (Click for full text). The Utah Supreme Court reversed the decision of the district…
Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid
June 23, 2021
United States Supreme Court 594 U.S. __ (2021). Click for full text Background In 1975, California enacted the Agricultural Labor…
Hansen v. Kurry Jensen Properties
May 27, 2021
Utah Court of Appeals 2021 UT App 54 (Click for full text) The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed the district…
Kodiak America v. Summit County
April 15, 2021
Utah Court of Appeals 2021 UT App 47 (Click for full text) The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a…
Staker v. Town of Springdale
December 31, 2020
Utah Court of Appeals 2020 UT App 174 (December 31, 2020) The Utah Court of Appeals upheld the Town’s denial…
Pinder v. Duchesne Cnty Sheriff
October 22, 2020
Utah Supreme Court 2020 UT 68 (October 22, 2020) The Utah Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of claims for inverse…
Salt Lake City v. Kunz
October 16, 2020
Utah Court of Appeals October 16, 2020 2020 UT App 139 (Click for full text) The Utah Court of Appeals…
UDOT v. Coalt, Inc.
August 17, 2020
2020 UT 58 (August 17, 2020) The Utah Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision that UDOT’s condemnation of land…
Linebaugh v. Gibson
July 16, 2020
Utah Court of Appeals 2020 UT App 108 (July 16, 2020) The Utah Court of Appeals overturned the lower court’s…
UDOT v. Boggess-Draper (Utah Sup. Ct.) (2020)
June 11, 2020
Admissibility of evidence after date of evaluation to determine market value at time of acquisition.…
Northern Monticello Alliance v. San Juan County
May 21, 2020
Utah Court of Appeals May 21, 2020 2020 UT App 79 (Click for full text) ***Subsequent history: The Utah Supreme…
Salt Lake City Corp. v. Haik
May 18, 2020
2020 UT 29 (May 18, 2020) Background. Owners of undeveloped land located outside of the incorporated boundaries of Salt Lake…
SRB Investment v. Spencer (SRB I)
May 8, 2020
2020 UT 23 (May 8, 2020) Subsequent history at SRB Investment v. Spencer (SRB II), 2023 UT App 120 Background.…
Harrison v. SPAH Family Ltd.
May 8, 2020
2020 UT 22 (May 8, 2020) Background. Since August 1996 a family used a road that went across a neighboring…
LD III LLC v. Mapleton City
March 19, 2020
2020 UT App 41 The Utah Court of Appeals held that a development agreement was unambiguous as to transferable development…
UDOT v. Target Corp.
February 28, 2020
2020 UT 10 (February 28, 2020) The Utah Supreme Court clarified prior cases regarding severance damages in partial takings and…
Wallingford v. Moab City
January 24, 2020
2020 UT App 12 (January 24, 2020) (cert denied) The Utah Court of Appeals held that city, by adopting a…
Lech v. Jackson
October 29, 2019
United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals 791 Fed. Appx. 711, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 32393 (cert denied) The 10th…
Metro. Water Dist. of Salt Lake & Sandy v. SHCH Alaska
October 26, 2019
2019 UT 62 (October 16, 2019) The Utah Supreme Court held that a water district, which owned an easement across…
WDIS v. Hi-Country Estates (WDIS I)
August 13, 2019
Utah Supreme Court August 13, 2019 2019 UT 45 (Click for full text) ***Subsequent history. After remand from this opinion,…
Bridge BLOQ NAC LLC v. Sorf
August 1, 2019
2019 UT App 132, 447 P.3d 1278 (Aug. 1, 2019) The Utah Court of Appeals adopted a test for defining…
Knick v. Twp. of Scott
June 21, 2019
139 S. Ct. 2162, 204 L. Ed. 2d 558 (June 21, 2019) The United States Supreme Court overruled its prior…
Metro. Water Dist. of Salt Lake & Sandy v. Sorf
June 11, 2019
2019 UT 23, 445 P.3d 443 (June 11, 2019) The Utah Supreme Court held that a claim of unreasonable interference…
Ferre v. Salt Lake City
May 31, 2019
2019 UT App 94, 444 P.3d 567 (May 31, 2019) (cert. denied) The Utah Court of Appeals upheld a judgment…
Farley v. Utah County
March 28, 2019
2019 UT App 45, 440 P.3d 856 (March 28, 2019) The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for Utah…
Utah Stream Access Coal. v. VR Acquisitions (USAC I)
February 20, 2019
Utah Supreme Court 2019 UT 7 (Click for text of opinion) February 20, 2019 **Subsequent history: following remand from this…
Kilgore Companies v. Utah County Board of Adjustments
February 7, 2019
Utah Court of Appeals February 7, 2019 2019 UT App 20 (Click for text of opinion) The Utah Court of…
Maralex Res., Inc. v. Barnhardt
January 18, 2019
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit January 18, 2019 913 F.3d 1189 (Click for text of opinion) The Tenth…
Rocky Mountain v. Marriott
November 29, 2018
Utah Court of Appeals November 29, 2018 2018 UT App 221, cert. denied (Click for text of opinion) The Utah…
Baker v. Carlson
November 28, 2018
Utah Supreme Court November 28, 2018 2018 UT 59 (Click for text of opinion) The Utah Supreme Court affirmed the…
Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District
June 25, 2013
Supreme Court of the United States Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District (Click for full text of Opinion)…
