Utah Power & Light Co. v. Campbell

Four members of the Court have determined to give Utah Power & Light Company (UP&L) the advisory opinion for which it asks, and I much doubt that anything can be said which will dissuade them. Accordingly, my observations will be short and pointed.

Initially I note that our focus of our attention is on the Snake River and the City of Idaho Falls, through which the Snake River courses. Thus, we have here a latter-day “River City,” and we have the “Music Man” (in the form of UP&L) preaching that we have trouble, big trouble, right here in River City. The trouble is that more people are on the…