Salt Lake City v. Towne House Athletic Club

SORENSEN, District Judge:

Plaintiff city appeals, and defendant clubs cross-appeal from a summary judgment entered upon the pleadings and a stipulation of facts, whereby the trial court construed powers granted by the Legislature to municipal corporations to regulate private non-profit social clubs. We agree with the conclusion of the trial court.

The clubs are non-profit social clubs incorporated under the provisions of Chapter 6, Title 16, U.C.A. ’S3, and, because liquor is stored and consumed on their respective premises, are subject to regulation by the Secretary of State, under the…