Anderson v. Utah County

HENRIOD, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment refusing to reinstate 37 county employees who were fired by a newly-elected Republican County Commissioner on the ground that such employees were members of the Democratic Party. Affirmed, no costs on appeal awarded.

The employees involved had contributed to a fund for the purpose of litigating the Commissioner’s right to take office after his election. This, of itself, should suffice to affirm the trial court, on the basis of employment termination for cause, for obvious hostility to the Commissioner.

Nonetheless, the nub of this case is whether the…