Legal Opinion
Hansen v. Utah State Retirement Board
Utah Supreme Court
Decided August 27, 1982No. 16714, 16560 and 16851PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Justice:
The Utah Attorney General filed this suit seeking 1) a declaratory judgment that the Utah Constitution has conferred exclusive authority on him to act as legal adviser to the defendants, and 2) an injunction prohibiting defendants from employing counsel pursuant to various statutory provisions. The complaint alleges that the defendants are state agencies, state funds, quasi-state agencies, and trust and insurance funds. The Attorney General appeals adverse summary judgments.
The complaint characterizes the defendants as follows: Utah State Retirement Board, an independent…
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