· 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
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- 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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