Peters v. Deseret Cattle Feeders, LLC

The opinion of the court was delivered by Nuss, C.J.:

*978 **463 This is an employment case arising out of the sale of a cattle feedlot. The district court held that Douglas R. Peters, who moved his employment from the old owner to the new-Deseret Cattle Feeders, LLC (Deseret)-was Deseret's employee at will. In short, Deseret could terminate Peters' employment at any time without cause. So the court granted summary judgment to Deseret on Peters' claims of breach of implied-in-fact employment contract and promissory estoppel.

The Court of Appeals panel reversed, holding that whether Peters'…