Legal Opinion
Backman v. Bateman
Utah Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 1953No. 8052, 8064PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROCKETT, Justice.
Original proceeding in this court to test plaintiffs’ rights to continue as school principal (Backman) and school teacher (Tanner) under a newly enacted revision of our anti-nepotism statute.1
The pertinent portion reads as follows:
“It is unlawful for any person holding any position the compensation for which is paid out of public funds to retain in employment or to employ, appoint, or vote for the appointment of, his * * * brother * * * [certain other named relatives] when the salary * * * of such appointee is to be paid out of any public funds; and it is unlawful for such…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Atkin v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- State v. PackardUtah Supreme Court · 1952
- Opinion of Justices to the Senate & House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Sol Block & Griff v. SchwartzUtah Supreme Court · 1904
- McGrew v. Industrial CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1938
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3Cited by15 opinions
- New Mexico State Board of Education v. Board of Education of Alamogordo Public School District No. 1New Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
- Chapman v. GormanKentucky Supreme Court · 1992
- Ritholz v. City of Salt LakeUtah Supreme Court · 1955
- Clayton v. BennettUtah Supreme Court · 1956
- Pride Oil Company v. Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1962
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