Metro. Water Dist. of Salt Lake & Sandy v. Sorf
Utah Supreme Court
Chief Justice Durrant authored the opinion of the Court, in which Associate Chief Justice Lee, Justice Himonas, Justice Pearce and Justice Petersen joined.
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Justice Durrant, opinion of the Court:
Introduction
¶1 Article XI, section 8 of the Utah Constitution and Utah Code section 17B-1-103 authorize the creation of quasi-governmental entities known as limited purpose local districts. The Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake and Sandy (Metro) is one such district, created for the purpose of operating the Salt Lake Aqueduct (SLA). Metro owns land in fee and has various easements along the SLA corridor. One of these easements crosses the backyard of Zdenek Sorf. Metro claims that it has authority to enact regulations over non-Metro district…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy v. SorfUtah Supreme Court · 2013
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