POHL, INC. OF AMERICA v. Webelhuth

19 With one exception,1 I concur in Part I of the main opinion, but I must dissent from Part II. It is simply not proper to reach the constitutional issue in this case because we have concluded that our long-arm statute does not confer jurisdiction over Plaintiffs claims.

{20 Under our jurisprudence, if a case may be resolved on statutory grounds, we are obliged to resist the temptation to render unnecessary advisory opinions about constitutional issues, even if they interest us. *1278See, e.g., In re Estate of Cosby, 2003 UT 3, ¶ 11, 65 P.3d 1184 (stating that due to the court's disposition of two…