Construction lien preliminary notices substantially comply with statutory requirements when they enable reasonably diligent searchers to find them, even if technical details like parcel numbers are incorrect.
The Utah Supreme Court affirmed postconviction relief where police coaches and prosecutors knowingly failed to correct false testimony, finding the cumulative constitutional violations created a reasonable likelihood of a different outcome.
Utah’s Jury and Witness Act requires jurors to be selected from a single county, and parties cannot stipulate to waive this statutory requirement.
The Utah Supreme Court clarifies that administrative disciplinary proceedings are not subject to civil statutes of limitation unless specifically incorporated by the legislature.
This decision clarifies that Utah’s general saving statute protects pending criminal prosecutions from abatement when the underlying criminal statute is repealed.
The Utah Supreme Court clarified the definition of adverse action in retaliation claims and addressed when appellate courts should remand versus apply new legal standards themselves.
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