Legal Opinion
Garfield Cnty. v. United States
Utah Supreme Court
Decided July 26, 2017No. Case No. 20150335PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Justice Durrant, opinion of the Court:
Introduction
¶ 1 This certified question emerges from a number of cases pending before several federal district courts concerning ownership of certain rights of way claimed by the State of Utah and several of its counties pursuant to Revised Statute 2477. The federal courts ask that we determine whether Utah Code section 78B-2-201(1) and its predecessor are statutes of limitations or statutes of repose. We hold that the plain language of both versions of the statute reveals them to be statutes of repose. 1 The application of this interpretation to…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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