Petersen v. Utah Board of Pardons

How courts have described this case

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• stating that when a “[c]ourt’s writ powers are derived from the constitution, the Legislature cannot diminish them”
• \[S]ubject matter jurisdiction is an issue that can and should be addressed sua sponte when jurisdiction is questionable.\
• “The extraordinary writs do not, however, authorize [appellate courts] to exercise the same scope of review as may be exercised pursuant to statutory appeals.”
• “The extraordinary writs do not, however, authorize [appellate courts] to exercise the same scope of review as may be exercised pursuant to statutory appeals.”
• “[S]ubject matter jurisdiction is an issue that can and should be addressed sua sponte when jurisdiction is questionable.”
• “Because this Court’s writ powers are derived from the constitution, the Legislature cannot diminish them. As early as 1908, it was established that the Legislature had no power to restrict the writ powers.”

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