Salt Lake County Commission v. Salt Lake County Attorney

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

¶ 1 The Salt Lake County Commission (“Commission”) filed this declaratory judgment action against the Salt Lake County Attorney, Douglas Short (“County Attorney”), in an effort to resolve a number of outstanding disagreements between the Commission and the County Attorney over their relative roles in Salt Lake County Government. The Commission then sought summary judgment asking the court to hold that: (i) as an attorney, the County Attorney is subject to the direction of the Commission as in any traditional attorney-client relationship; (ii) the Commissioners have the…