Legal Opinion
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Salt Lake County
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 1985No. 20522PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURHAM, Justice:
The defendant Salt Lake County (the County) appeals from a summary judgment and permanent injunction declaring a portion of a county ordinance levying a utility tax null and void and permanently enjoining the County from enforcing the tax. We affirm.
On December 14, 1984, the Salt Lake County Board of County Commissioners *115enacted the Salt Lake County Utility License Tax Ordinance, which became effective January 1, 1985. That ordinance (1) grants a 50-year franchise for the use of public rights-of-way by utility service providers in the unincorporated areas of the County; (2)…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ogden City v. CrossmanUtah Supreme Court · 1898
- City of Chicago Heights v. Public Service Co. of Northern IllinoisIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
- Cache County ex rel. Matthews v. JensenUtah Supreme Court · 1900
- Lund v. Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1921
- Utah County v. Orem CityUtah Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. HansenUtah Supreme Court · 1986
- Hackford v. Utah Power & Light Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1987
- Sandy City v. Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1992
- Horton v. Royal Order of the SunUtah Supreme Court · 1991
- V-1 Oil Co. v. Utah State Tax CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1997
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