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· 6/22/1979

Mellor v. Cook

Citations

  • 597 P.2d 882
  • 1979 Utah LEXIS 910

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that prior to providing any injunctive relief, the jurisdiction of the court must be invoked by initiation of an action
  • no willful disobedience to support contempt by school board for holding a meeting in violation of a court order where the board had been advised by its attorney that the order was not valid
  • no willful disobedience to support contempt by school board for holding a meeting in violation of a court order where the board had been advised by its attorney that the order was not valid
  • \[Wle are aware of no provision authorizing an additional penalty of attorney's fees.\ (interpreting Utah Code Ann. § 78-32-10 (Michie 1987) (current version at id. § 78B-6-310 (LexisNexis 2012)))
  • \[t]here should be no cavalier attitude in disregarding an order of court which is fair on its face and one who willfully and knowingly presumes to do so acts at his peril\

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Judges: Crockett, Maughan, Hall, Stewart, Wilkins

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