Legal Opinion
Beaver v. Qwest, Inc.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided September 7, 2001No. 990771, 20000140, 990268PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Chief Justice:
T1 We have consolidated an appeal by Beaver County and twenty-four other counties of this state (the Counties) from a district court judgment with the Counties' petition for review of a Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) decision. At issue in both cases is the proper disposition of an award of $16.9 million made to U.S. West Communications, Inc. (now Qwest, Inc.), by the Utah State Tax Commission for an overpayment of property taxes made by Qwest to the Counties. The district court held that jurisdiction over the issue lies solely in the PSC and dismissed the complaint.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Madsen v. BorthickUtah Supreme Court · 1988
- Louis Theodore Frigard Miriam Claudia Frigard v. United States of America Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- MacRis & Associates, Inc. v. Neways, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 2000
- Atkin Wright & Miles v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1985
- Mulcahy v. Public Service CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1941
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