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· 1/19/1981

Redwood Gym v. Salt Lake County Commission

Citations

  • 624 P.2d 1138
  • 1981 Utah LEXIS 755

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that \it is not the function of [appellate] court[s] to evaluate the wisdom or practical necessity of legislative enactments\
  • stating that \it is not the function of [appellate] court[s] to evaluate the wisdom or practical necessity of legislative enactments\
  • explaining that a conflict between a statute and an ordinance “is not created by the fact that an ordinance denounces as unlawful an act upon which state law is silent, or pronounces a penalty therefor”
  • stating court does not reach constitutional challenge to statute until \a conflict over the application [has] sharpened into an actual or imminent clash of legal rights and obligations between the parties thereto.\
  • “[LJocal governments may legislate by ordinance in areas previously dealt with by state legislation, provided the ordinance in no way conflicts with existing state law.”
  • \It has been established to a certainty ... that an ordinance such as the one in question here does no violence to federal guarantees of equal protection\

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Judges: Hall, Stewart, Crockett, Conder, Maughan, Wilkins

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