Urrutia v. Blaine County

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is a land use case involving the district judge’s reversal of the Blaine County Board of Commissioners’(Board) decision to deny two subdivision applications submitted by respondents Johnny Michael Urrutia, et al. (Urrutias) and Virginia Reed (Reed). The Urrutias and Reed have cross-appealed from the district judge’s refusal to award attorney fees under I.C. § 12-117. We hold that the Board’s decision to deny the Urrutias and Reed subdivision applications was improper in that the Board placed inappropriate emphasis upon the subdivision’s noncompliance with the…