Culbertson v. Board of County Commissioners

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 Alayna J. Culbertson and Diane Pearl Meibos (Plaintiffs) appeal the trial court’s order denying their motion for an equitable award of attorney fees. First, Plaintiffs argue that the trial court erred in its application of the private attorney general doctrine because it failed to analyze the appropriate factors under that doctrine; and second, Plaintiffs argue that the trial court erred in concluding that it had no authority to award attorney fees under the court’s general equitable authority. The Salt Lake County Board of Commissioners and Ken Jones,…