ELECTIONS: LR-119 to provide for election of Supreme Court justices by district properly invalidated… non-retiring Justices not required to recuse… challenge justiciable… 60-page opinion explaining prior decision… Reynolds affirmed. [Read more…]
Procedure, service on Deputy City Attorney
PROCEDURE: Service on Deputy City Attorney insufficient under Rule 4(k), no basis for equitable estoppel, complaint properly dismissed… H. Brown affirmed. [Read more…]
Elections, LR-119, Supreme Court judges by district
ELECTIONS: Reynolds’s order invalidating LR-119 (election of Supreme Court justices by district) affirmed on expedited appeal, opinion to follow… order. [Read more…]
Settlement agreement, email exchanges
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT reached in attorney email exchanges, agreement binding & enforceable… fees for [Read more…]
$2.6 million fees/costs, intellectual property rights
ATTORNEY FEES: No abuse of discretion in assessing $2.467,547 fees, $137,518 costs/expenses following $2.5 million award for intellectual property rights misappropriation… Todd affirmed (IOR I-3(d)). [Read more…]
Irrigation district, “susceptible of irrigation,”
IRRIGATION DISTRICT: “Susceptible of irrigation” means land physically (as opposed to legally) capable of receiving water… land may be included in expanded irrigation district but legal right to water must be decided by Water Court… Tucker affirmed. [Read more…]