County of Bannock v. City of Pocatello

I dissent from the conclusion of the majority in this case with respect to the plain meaning of I.C. § 20-605 and the duty it places on a city whose officers arrest violators of state motor vehicle laws. One does not have to read that statute “in a vacuum” to conclude that the majority’s extremely narrow interpretation of the city’s duty to pay the costs of confining such violators could not have been intended by the legislature when I.C. § 20-605 was passed in 1973.

Indeed, I agree that I.C. § 20-605 must be read in the context of other statutory provisions governing the allocation of the…